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Yad Vashem Holocaust museum

SOURCE: NYT
12-8-2018

What Happens When a Holocaust Memorial Plays Host to Autocrats

Yad Vashem is both a memorial of a genocide, and a tool of Israeli realpolitik.

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Yad Vashem Holocaust museum

What Happens When a Holocaust Memorial Plays Host to Autocrats