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President of South Sudan Visits Yad Vashem

06.01.2012

The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir visited Yad Vashem in December during an official trip to Israel.

President Kiir was accompanied by four government ministers during his visit.  He was greeted by Avner Shalev, Chairman of Yad Vashem, and toured the Holocaust History Museum and Hall of Names, guided by Dr. Robert Rozett, Director of the Yad Vashem Libraries.  He participated in a Memorial Ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance and visited the Children's Memorial.