Israel's Holocaust memorial launches Farsi channel
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Israel's Holocaust memorial has launched a version of its YouTube channel in Farsi to educate the country's most bitter enemy — Iran — about the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews.
Iran's president has called the Holocaust a "myth" and said Israel should be "wiped off the map." The country also hosted a conference questioning whether the Holocaust took place.
The YouTube channel was announced Sunday to coincide with the U.N.'s upcoming annual Holocaust remembrance day.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The chairman of the Yad Vashem memorial says he hopes the site will allow viewers to connect to the Holocaust on a personal level, separate from regional politics.
Yad Vashem already has YouTube channels in English, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian and Spanish.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Online:
http://www.youtube.com/yadvashemfarsi
http://www1.yadvashem.org/fa