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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Yad Vashem Launches YouTube Channels

Yad Vashem Launches YouTube Channels
Channels in English and Arabic Go Live Today in Advance of Holocaust
Remembrance Day
(April 29, 2008 - Jerusalem) www1.yadvashem.org

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust remembrance and education center in Jerusalem, has
launched two YouTube channels in advance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on May
1. The channels, in English and Arabic, went live today. The English
channel contains testimonies from Holocaust survivors, including archival
footage, historians' lectures on key issues related to the Holocaust,
footage from visits to Yad Vashem, including those of President George W.
Bush in January 2008, and Pope John Paul II in March 2000, as well as human
interest stories, such as family reunions. The Arabic channel has
testimonies and archival footage about the Holocaust, with Arabic subtitles.

The channels are dynamic, and new videos will be added frequently. Channels
in additional languages will be added soon.

"We know that YouTube is one of the most popular websites today. This is
equally true in the United States and Europe as it is in Arabic speaking
countries. Unfortunately, there is a plethora of misinformation and
deliberate lies available on the Internet. The Yad Vashem channel will
counter this material, and make reliable information widely available to
anyone who seeks to know more about this terrible chapter in human history,"
said Avner Shalev, Chairman of Yad Vashem. "By meeting the survivors through
their testimonies, and viewing the foremost experts in the field address
difficult questions, viewers will be able to connect on yet another level to
this pivotal, and defining event."

The Yad Vashem Channels are at:
www.youtube.com/user/YadVashem
and
www.youtube.com/user/yadvashemarabic

Yad Vashem would like to thank Google and YouTube for their help in
launching the new channels.
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Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes Remembrance Authority, was
established by the Knesset in 1953. Located in Jerusalem, it is dedicated to
Holocaust remembrance, documentation, research and education.
www1.yadvashem.org

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