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Exhibition dedicated to Yitzhak Shamir to open in Minsk in May

MINSK, 29 April (BelTA) -  An exhibition dedicated to the life and work of Yitzhak Shamir, the seventh prime minister of Israel, a native of Belarus, will open at the National History Museum of Belarus in Minsk on 3 May, BelTA learned from the Israeli Cultural Center at the Embassy of Israel in Belarus.

The exposition will feature the photographs and documents about the life and work of Yitzhak Shamir, the iconic figure of the modern history of the Jewish people.  The opening ceremony will be attended by Air Shamir, the son of Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli businessman and politician, former minister of agriculture, and also representatives of government bodies, diplomatic corps, creative intellectuals, leaders of Jewish communities.

The exhibition will be held in the framework of the international conference Limmud Belarus 2019 due in Minsk on 3-5 May. It will bring together more than 500 participants from 12 countries.

Yitzhak Shamir (born Yitzhak Yezernitsky) (1915-2012) was born in the town of Ruzhany, Grodno Region. He attended a gymnasium in Bialystok. As a youth, he joined Betar, the Revisionist Zionist youth movement. In 1934 he began studying law at the University of Warsaw but cut his studies short to devote his life to the creation of the Jewish state. Up to 1948 he was one of the leaders of the underground group Lehi. After the establishment of the State of Israel, he worked in senior positions in the Mossad. In 1977 he became the chairman of the Knesset. He served as foreign minister in the government of Menachem Begin and after his resignation as prime minister (two terms in 1983-1984 and 1986-1992).

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