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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001192482-10-000108
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100418
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100420
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100420

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Maier Frank Dieter
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001489900

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07416
		FILM NUMBER:		10759438

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC.
		STREET 2:		63 LANCASTER AVENUE
		CITY:			MALVERN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19355

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000103730
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS & ACCESSORIES [3670]
		IRS NUMBER:				381686453
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		63 LINCOLN HWY
		CITY:			MALVERN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19355
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6106441300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		63 LINCOLN HIGHWAY
		CITY:			MALVERN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19355
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        <issuerName>VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NYSE:VSH</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Maier Frank Dieter</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>63 LANCASTER AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MALVERN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19355</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            </securityTitle>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
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        <signatureDate>2010-04-20</signatureDate>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



 Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes

and appoints each of Lior Yahalomi and Peter Agnrici as the undersigned's true

and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:



 (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an officer and/or director and/or beneficial owner of Vishay

Intertechnology, Inc. (the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules

thereunder;



 (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the

undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any

such Form 3, 4,or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,

and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange

Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



 (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with

the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit

to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall

contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such

attorney-in-facts discretion.



 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power

and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might

or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,

hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,

nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply

with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to

the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the

Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered

to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney

to be executed as of this 16th day of April, 2010.







       /s/Frank Dieter Maier

      Frank Dieter Maier



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