These words of Professor Yehuda Bauer of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, pronounced at UNESCO headquarters in January 2012, help us understand how universal the legacy of the Holocaust is, and how important it has become to ensure that it is taught globally.

UNESCO: Education

He emigrated to Israel at the age of 20 under the Law of Return, where he served in the military and gained a BA in social sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

BBC: Profile: Avigdor Lieberman

Cohen, 56, began his career refining the solar thermal process at Jerusalem's Hebrew University in 1977.

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