Ford Foundation makes $1 million grant for Yad Vashem trees

June 27, 2013 11:03am

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Ford Foundation is giving $1 million to maintain the Righteous Among the Nations trees of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. The grant to preserve and protect the trees, which was announced Thursday, is honoring the 50th anniversary of the Righteous Among the Nations program at Yad Vashem. More than 24,800 individuals who helped Jews during the Holocaust have been recognized with the designation.

Jerusalem (JTA) . Fordova findacija je dala milijun dolara Yad Vashemu Holocaust za sađenje drveće za "Righteous among nation". ( Pravednike među narodima).  Ovim  fondom će se sačuvati i zaštiti drveće  u čast 50-godišnjice programa "Pravednika među narodima" u Yad Vashemu.

Više od 24.800 osoba je pomagalo Židovima u toku Holokausta. Posaditi će se ,  u čast onih koji su spasili Židove , oko 2.000 drveta na  "Mount of remembrance" ( Brdu sjećanja) kao i u kampusu u Jeruzalemu.