Today, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe visited Yad Vashem where he laid a wreath in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and held fruitful discussions with Danny Dayan, the Chairman of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial.
Building on his recent visit to Kigali for the 32nd commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Chairman Danny Dayan and Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe reaffirmed their commitment to deepen cooperation on remembrance, education, research, and genocide prevention.
Yad Vashem is the world center for Holocaust research, documentation, education and commemoration. A dynamic place of inter-generational and international encounter.
The Holocaust refers to the state-sponsored, systematic genocide of six million Jewish people by the Nazi regime and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
The Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda are separate, distinct historical events, though both are recognized as among the worst atrocities of the 20th century. The two are frequently studied together in human rights education to understand the mechanics of hate, propaganda, and state-sponsored mass murder. (End)