Yad Vashem
Coordinates: 31°46′27″N 35°10′32″E / 31.77417°N 35.17556°E
Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יד ושם) is a memorial site in Jerusalem. It is the central memorial for the victims of the Holocaust. It includes a museum, school for teachers, archives, and library. The site is located in Jerusalem Forest on the western slope of Mount Herzl ("Mount of Remembrance"). It is 804 meters (2,638 ft) above sea level.
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| Established | 1953 |
| Location | Mount Herzl, Jerusalem |
| Type | Holocaust |
| Website | http://www.yadvashem.org/ |
Monuments and Memorials in Yad Vashem museum
Hall of Names
The Eternal Flame Hall
Garden of the Righteous among the Nations
Cattle car memorial
Valley of the Destroyed Communities
Janusz Korczak and the children, memorial
Memorial to the Jewish children murdered by the Nazis
Children's Memorial Hall
Yad Vashem Media
The wagon (or cattle car) monument in memory of those deported by rail
The names of the concentration and death camps, given in Hebrew and English, all arrayed around the Eternal Flame.
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
Exterior of the new Holocaust History Museum
View of Jerusalem Forest at the museum exit
“Prism Skylight” of the new Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יד ושם) Holocaust museum designed by Moshe Safdie is 200 meters long. The exit point of the present image is roughly 120m (394ft) from the camera. For context/perspective, see
The Hall of Names containing Pages of Testimony commemorating the millions of Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust
Tree, memorial honoring Irena Sendler (Polish social worker who smuggled more than 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto)
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Related pages
Other websites
- Yad Vashem Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
