ZAGREB, Dec 21 (Hina) - The memorial area at Jasenovac, the site of aWW2 concentration camp, has been given the honour and trust to startcreating a network of authentic European memorial areas in cooperationwith the Yad Vashem
International School for Holocaust Studies fromJerusalem, the Jasenovac Memorial Area said on Wednesday.
ZAGREB, Dec 21 (Hina) - The memorial area at Jasenovac, the site
of a WW2 concentration camp, has been given the honour and trust to start
creating a network of authentic European memorial areas in cooperation with the
Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Studies from Jerusalem, the
Jasenovac Memorial Area said on Wednesday. In a letter of intent,
the school underlined the importance which the museum and education centre at
the Jasenovac Memorial Area has in remembering the Holocaust and genocide and
in teaching future generations about it.
Apart from cooperation in the creation of the network of authentic
European memorial areas, the letter underlined its intention to establish long
term cooperation with the Jasenovac Memorial Area, to include Yad Vashem's
assistance in the conception of the education programme and exchange of
experts.