Croatian Prime Minister in Yad Vashem

Ivo Sanader, Croatian prime minister, visited Yad Vashem and laid a wreath in Ochel Yitzhor (Hall of Remembrance) on Tuesday, June 28. He was accompanied by Nataša Jovičić, the head of Jasenovac Memorial area in Croatia. In July, Seminar for Holocaust educators from Croatia (23 of them) will be held at Yad Vashem International Holocaust School. On Sanader's visit, Ephraim Zuroff wrote in "Jerusalem Post": "I hope that when [Sanader] visits Yad Vashem today he keeps in mind that while those crimes indeed took place years ago, many of those responsible are still unprosecuted and some, like Asner, can be brought to justice. The prosecution of Asner in democratic Croatia would send the right message to Croatian society regarding the role of the Ustasha in Holocaust crimes and the necessity ..." (Welcome to Israel, Prime Minister Sanader, June 28, www.jpost.com)