Latrun: Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II

By andre on 04/04/2016 • ( Leave a comment )

by the site of Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum in Latrun

http://www.jwmww2.org/

Representatives of the Association for Establishing the Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II are most noble members of Israeli society, including representatives of:

Israeli government
founders of the State of Israel
highest rank commanders of IDF, heroes of most famous IDF military operations
Israeli army, secret services, special forces, military industry
diplomats, foreign governors
highest international level social, scientific, academic, architecture establishment
Nobel Prize winners
judges of high court, prominent lawyers
top level executive managers in largest Israeli corporations
Israeli tv, newspapers, media
organizations of all WWII fighters
organizations of immigrants to Israel from over 100 countries

Associations Institutes

Executive board

Major General (Ret.) Chaim Erez, Chairman of the Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum in Latrun.
Brig. General (Ret.) Zvika Kan-Tor, Chairman of the Museum for Fallen Jewish soldiers.
Gen. Dr. Motti Kfir, ex Chief of Mossad
Brig. General (Ret.) Dr. Ytzhak (Tolka) Arad
Col. (Ret.) Benny Michaelson, ex Chief IDF historian
Adv. Haim Adini
Dr. Mike Kish

Public Council – Members of the Public Council

Chairman – Mr. Uzi Peled, ex Chairman of Israeli Broadcasting Authority (Israeli national TV).

Public representatives

Prof. Moshe Arens, ex Minister of Defense (three times), Minister of Foreign Affairs, ex Israeli ambassador to the U.S., professor at the Technion in Haifa.
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Nati Sharoni Nati, ex Chief Staff Officer at Southern Command, Chief Artillery Officer, and Head of Planning Branch, ex Director General at Ministry of Trade and Industry, ex Vice President of Tadiran.
Major General (Ret.) Zeev Almog, ex Commander In Chief of Israeli Navy, ex General Manager of Israel Shipyards.
Major General (Ret.) Menachem Einan, Director of Azrieli Group Ltd
Judge (ret.) Edna Kaplan Hegler, ex Deputy President of the Tel Aviv District Court
Prof.Col. (ret.) Yoav Gelber, Israeli historian.
Prof. Shlomo Aronson, Israeli architect
Prof. Kasher Asa
Prof. Yeshayu Tadmor
Dr. Simcha Goldin
Dr. Hershko Zila
Mrs. Ilana Gev
Mrs. Nechama Bar – Kochba
Mrs. Maryana Greenberg

Representatives of organizations

Brig. Gen.(ret.) Avner Shalev, ex Chairman of Yad Vashem
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Moti Bar-Dagan – “Zevet”, Israeli Governor of Rotary International.
Mr. Avraham Grinzaid, Chairman of World War II Veterans who Fought the Nazis
Mr. Baruch Shuv, Chairman of Organization of Partisans, Underground Fighters and Ghetto Rebels during WWII
Mr. Efraim Paperni, Chairman of Organization of disabled soldiers in the war against the Nazis
Dr. Baruch Levi, Chairman, the ‘Tzevet’ organization (Union of Israeli Military Combatants)
Mr. Simon Smoky – “Machal
Mr. Yohanan Peltz, Chairman of Association for the Commemoration of Voluntary Service in the British Army during WWII

Government representatives:

Mr. Ruven Pinski – Prime Minister’s Office
Mr. Eden Zvi – Defense Ministry
Ms. Amihai Idit – Ministry of Culture, Science
Mr. Marmor Hanania – Ministry of Immigrant Absorption
Mr. Merchavia Moshe – Ministry of Housing
Dr. Katz Atar Orna – Ministry of Education
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Menashe Inbar
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Yitzhak (Tolka) Arad
Brig. Gen. (ret) Zvi Kan -Tor, Chairman of the Museum for Fallen Jewish soldiers

International Board of Trustees

International Board

Mr. Eli Weisel (USA), Holocaust survivor, Nobel Prize laureate
Mr. Stuart E. Eizenstat (USA), ex US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Sir Martin Gilbert (UK), British historian
Mr. Zvi Meitar (UK), founder of Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies by IDC Herzliya
Mrs. Gail Seal (UK), President of Jewish National Fund (JNF)-Britain
General Major (Ret.) Gregory Krushner (Russia)