Jews from Ukraine: Mordechai Shenhavi — creator and first leader «Yad Vashem»
January 27, International Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust Victims.
In Israel, on the mountain of memory in Jerusalem, is located "Yad Vashem" - A place that for many has become a symbol of sorrow, memory and hope. Today we want to tell in the heading "Jews from Ukraine " You are a story Mordechai Shenhavi - A person thanks to whom the dream of preserving memory has become a reality.
The story of Mordechai Shenhavi from Dilok, the creator of the Israeli Memorial “Yad Vashem”, emphasizes the deep connection of the Jewish community of Ukraine while preserving the memory of the Holocaust.
Mordechai Shenhavi (Alpenbein), a native of the Ukrainian city of Volochisk (now the Khmelnitsky region, Ukraine), went down in history as the creator of the Israeli memorial “Yad Vashem”, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
His personal history is an example of not only the struggle to preserve the memory of the tragedy of the Jewish people, but also the unique connection of Ukraine and Israel.
Mordechai Shenhavi was born in 1900 in Voloshka, a small town on the territory of the modern Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine. His family, like many Jewish families of that time…
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