Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial plans to open a new educational center in Munich. This is set to be the institution's first such center outside Israel. Several German federal states had applied to host it, but the decision is ultimately heading toward Bavaria. Tagesschau ↗
The center is meant to strengthen the Jewish perspective within Germany's culture of Holocaust remembrance. According to available information, it will focus on educating people about the crimes of National Socialism and on coming to terms with this part of history. German Federal Minister of Education Karin Prien also links the project to the fight against antisemitism. Die Zeit ↗
Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder described the planned center as Yad Vashem's first international branch. In December 2023, he visited the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem memorial. Published information also indicates that, alongside Munich, a branch is being planned in Leipzig, in the federal state of Saxony. Tagesspiegel ↗
The project will thus extend the presence of one of the best-known institutions dedicated to commemorating the victims of the Holocaust directly into Germany. Further developments will depend on the specific form the center takes, its organizational framework, and the involvement of the planned branch in Leipzig. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Yad Vashem to open educational center in Munich
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Bildungszentrum von Yad Vashem kommt nach München
Tagesschau
| 10:29 28.05.
Holocaust-Gedenkstätte: Yad Vashem eröffnet Bildungszentrum in München
Die Zeit
| 09:49 28.05.
In München und Leipzig: Yad Vashem eröffnet erste Außenstelle in Deutschland
Tagesspiegel
| 09:41 28.05.
Holocaust-Gedenkstätte: Bildungszentrum von Yad Vashem soll in München entstehen
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
| 09:20 28.05.
Holocaust-Gedenkstätte - Yad Vashem errichtet Außenstelle in München - erstes Bildungszentrum außerhalb Israels soll entstehen
Deutschlandfunk
| 09:46 28.05.
Holocaustgedenkstätte Yad Vashem expandiert nach Sachsen und Bayern
Spiegel.de
| 09:12 28.05.
Holocaust-Erinnerungskultur: Bildungszentrum von Yad Vashem in München
Tagesspiegel
| 09:56 28.05.
Gedenkstätte: Bildungszentrum von Yad Vashem in München
Die Zeit
| 09:09 28.05.
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