Germany Increases Yad Vashem Funding to EUR5 Million Yearly
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Germany and Israel signed an agreement increasing German support for Yad Vashem to EUR5 million a year through 2030. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar met German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul during the latter's Israel visit, and the agreement directs the funding to Holocaust research, documentation, education and commemoration. The new terms revise a 2020 arrangement that set German support at EUR1 million a year from 2022 through 2031, with the annual level returning to EUR1 million in 2031. The agreement puts Holocaust memory at the center of Israel-Germany ties as antisemitism rises again across Europe.
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Sources factually differ only on signing status at publication time: Ynet and Ynetnews report Sa'ar and Wadephul signed the agreement; JNS and i24 previewed the same agreement as one the ministers would sign during Wadephul's visit. The remaining facts are uniform: Germany will provide EUR5 million annually to Yad Vashem through 2030 for Holocaust research, documentation, education and commemoration, and the agreement updates the 2020 EUR1 million annual support arrangement.
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