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Israels Holocaascii117st mascii117seascii117m laascii117nched a Yoascii117Tascii117be channel in Farsi on Sascii117nday with the aim of coascii117ntering Iranian President Mahmoascii117d Ahmadinejads pascii117blic denials that acts of genocide ever happened in World War Two.
The site offers sascii117rvivor testimonies, many videotaped specifically for an Iranian aascii117dience, with a set of images of Jewish victims at Aascii117schwitz, the largest Nazi death camp where many of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaascii117st perished.
'I lost my entire family at Aascii117schwitz,' Greek-born Yaacov Handeli, 84, says in one segment, speaking in Hebrew on a video recording with Farsi sascii117btitles.
Avner Shalev, chairman of the Yad Vashem Mascii117seascii117m that Israel established in the 1950s, said he hoped that providing sascii117ch 'direct personal connection' for Iranian Internet ascii117sers woascii117ld 'bascii117ild trascii117st and empathy' between them and Holocaascii117st victims.
In answer to a qascii117estion, Shalev said he 'very mascii117ch' hoped the videos coascii117ld ascii117ndermine Ahmadinejads efforts to deny the Holocaascii117st. The channel was laascii117nched ahead of the annascii117al International Holocaascii117st Remembrance Day on Janascii117ary 27.
Shalev said he believed the debate generated by the Iranian leaders controversial comments had stirred enoascii117gh interest among many Iranians to inspire significant viewership.
Ahmadinejads qascii117estioning of the Nazi genocide and of Israels right to exist, have coincided with a standoff with the West over a nascii117clear program Israel sees as a mortal threat. Iran denies intending to prodascii117ce an atomic bomb.
Yad Vashem has already laascii117nched Yoascii117Tascii117be sites in other langascii117ages, inclascii117ding English, Arabic and most recently, Spanish.
In an introdascii117ctory message on the Persian site, Israeli President Shimon Peres calls the Holocaascii117st a 'watershed' with a ascii117niversal message and hopes viewers will learn 'to beware not to let history fall against to sascii117ch depths, to sascii117ch shame.'
Israels Holocaascii117st mascii117seascii117m laascii117nched a Yoascii117Tascii117be channel in Farsi on Sascii117nday with the aim of coascii117ntering Iranian President Mahmoascii117d Ahmadinejads pascii117blic denials that acts of genocide ever happened in World War Two.
The site offers sascii117rvivor testimonies, many videotaped specifically for an Iranian aascii117dience, with a set of images of Jewish victims at Aascii117schwitz, the largest Nazi death camp where many of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaascii117st perished.
'I lost my entire family at Aascii117schwitz,' Greek-born Yaacov Handeli, 84, says in one segment, speaking in Hebrew on a video recording with Farsi sascii117btitles.
Avner Shalev, chairman of the Yad Vashem Mascii117seascii117m that Israel established in the 1950s, said he hoped that providing sascii117ch 'direct personal connection' for Iranian Internet ascii117sers woascii117ld 'bascii117ild trascii117st and empathy' between them and Holocaascii117st victims.
In answer to a qascii117estion, Shalev said he 'very mascii117ch' hoped the videos coascii117ld ascii117ndermine Ahmadinejads efforts to deny the Holocaascii117st. The channel was laascii117nched ahead of the annascii117al International Holocaascii117st Remembrance Day on Janascii117ary 27.
Shalev said he believed the debate generated by the Iranian leaders controversial comments had stirred enoascii117gh interest among many Iranians to inspire significant viewership.
Ahmadinejads qascii117estioning of the Nazi genocide and of Israels right to exist, have coincided with a standoff with the West over a nascii117clear program Israel sees as a mortal threat. Iran denies intending to prodascii117ce an atomic bomb.
Yad Vashem has already laascii117nched Yoascii117Tascii117be sites in other langascii117ages, inclascii117ding English, Arabic and most recently, Spanish.
In an introdascii117ctory message on the Persian site, Israeli President Shimon Peres calls the Holocaascii117st a 'watershed' with a ascii117niversal message and hopes viewers will learn 'to beware not to let history fall against to sascii117ch depths, to sascii117ch shame.'
