ISRAEL POST on 11 March 1979 issued a special cancellation postmark and cachet(s) to mark the visit of President Jimmy Carter to Israel and Yad-Veshem. This occurred in conjunction with the Camp David Accords, signed by President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in September 1978, which established a framework for a historic peace treaty concluded between Israel and Egypt in March 1979.
Yad-Vashem, established in 1953, is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honouring Jews who fought against their Nazi oppressors and non-Jews who selflessly aided Jews in need; and researching the phenomenon of the Holocaust in particular and genocide in general, with the aim of avoiding such events in the future.
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