The ceremony will take place at the B’nai B’rith Martyr’s Forest “Scroll of Fire” Plaza on Tuesday, April 18, at 10 a.m. Israel time, and will be streamed in Hebrew on the World Center Facebook page and in English on the B’nai B’rith International Facebook page.
The B'nai B'rith Martyr’s Forest is the largest joint B’nai B’rith - KKL-JNF project, memorializing the victims of the Holocaust with six million trees planted in the picturesque Jerusalem mountains near Moshav Kesalon.
At the pinnacle of the forest stands the “Scroll of Fire,” created by renowned sculptor Nathan Rapoport, which invokes the destruction of the Jewish people in the Holocaust and their redemption in the State of Israel.
Prior to the event, at 9 a.m., small groups will meet with relatives of the rescuers to learn in greater depth about their exploits.
Speakers in the ceremony will include Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, Minister of Heritage; Sar-Shalom Jerbi, director, Education, and Community Division, KKL-JNF; Daniel Mariaschin, CEO, B’nai B’rith International;
H.E. Eric Danon, Ambassador of France to Israel, and Professor Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, director of the Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University.
During the ceremony, the “Jewish Rescuers Citation” will be conferred on 18 rescuers who operated in France, Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Holland.
The citation—a joint program of the B’nai B’rith World Center and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jewish Rescuers during the Holocaust—has recognized over 600 heroes since its inception in 2011 in an effort to help
correct the generally held misconception that Jews failed to come to the aid of fellow Jews during the Holocaust. The citations will be presented by Dr. Haim V. Katz, chairman, B’nai B’rith World Center and member, KKL-JNF Board of Directors.