CEO of the Ministry of Social Equality, Mr. Meir Bing, visited Ganzach Kiddush Hashem, with the ministry’s senior team. He was welcomed by the our CEO, COO, and the heads of the archive and the documentation departments, and by Holocaust survivor, Mr. Meir Urich.
Mr. Bing and his entourage were interested in the “rescue project” that is currently underway at Ganzach Kiddush Hashem, a project that is all about obtaining Holocaust survivors’ testimonies, before it is too late.
Ganzach Kiddush Hashem is working on the lists of Holocaust survivors who have not yet given testimony, and according to the report given by our CEO, Rabbi Skulsky, to the delegation, in 2023 more than 150 testimonies of Holocaust survivors whose stories have not been recorded at all were added to the testimony database!
It is holy work, in which our staff, with determination and sensitivity, work around the clock and reach unbelievable achievements.
Before the delegation, the efforts and resources invested in this project were reviewed, as well as the interview transcription operation that is currently being completed, as part of which over sixty thousand (!) minutes of conversations with Holocaust survivors were written and edited, each such conversation – a whole world; Every testimony of a Holocaust survivor sheds light on a hidden point from that dark period that we must never forget.
Mrs. Rachel Yud, our COO, praised the cooperation with Yad Vashem – a practical and beneficial partnership that drives the unique documentation project and propels it to its current dimensions.
She also praised Mr. Shalom Bohbot, the “projector doer” of the Ministry of Economic Equality, whose contribution is crucial to the advancement of the project.
At the conclusion of the long visit, the CEO of the Ministry of Social Equality, Mr. Meir Bing, expressed his great appreciation for the documentation project in the private sector and for the impressive professionalism of the operations of Ganzach Kiddush Hashem, who carry out the holy work with dedication and devotion to the goal, in the hope that the project will continue in the years to come.
Holocaust survivor, Mr. Meir Urich, praised the testimony project and suggested that the COO of the ministry, Mr. Meir Bing, join with more and more Holocaust survivors in state events.
At the end of the visit, the heads of Ganzach Kiddush Hashem once again called upon the Holocaust survivors whose stories have not yet been recorded, and their families, to join the project as soon as possible, so that future generations will know what occured.
