Established in 1963, Moreshet Mordechai Anielevich Memorial Holocaust Study and Research Center is dedicated to the commemoration of Jewish organized resistance during the Holocaust. In particular, Moreshet focuses on the role of youth and youth movements in Nazi-occupied Europe. Unique among Holocaust study and research organizations worldwide, Moreshet’s emphasis on youth establishes a link between past and future generations. Through highlighting the lives of young Jewish resistance fighters, Moreshet encourages today’s youth to realize their role in Jewish and world history. Moreshet was founded by a group of Jewish partisan and ghetto fighters, who arrived in Israel after World War II. This group, headed by Abba Kovner – leader of the Vilnius Ghetto underground and commander of the Jewish battalion in the Naroch forests in Lithuania – took upon itself a historic mission: to give real expression to the last wishes and requests of hundreds of Holocaust survivors by preserving their testimonies and artifacts for future generations. Today, Moreshet is a leading research and education center. Located at Givat Haviva, between Tel Aviv and Haifa, its campus-like atmosphere allows students, visitors and researchers, from Israel and abroad, to explore and study the Holocaust through its archive and programming. Moreshet hosts study days, semester-long seminars and conferences in its classrooms and auditorium. Since 1963, Moreshet has regularly published a respected academic journal of Holocaust research, as well as hundreds of books related to the topic. Moreshet presents historical and thematic art exhibitions in its galleries, and collects and preserves thousands of original documents, photographs and personal testimonies in its archive.