Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem

Isragirl Presents : Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum: Hall of Names, Photo by David Shankbone ©

This evening at 8pm Israel time, the National Holocaust Memorial Day will begin. If you are travelling in Israel, you shouldn’t be planning on a night out since EVERYTHING will be closed: restaurants, cafes, bars, supermarkets, cinemas, theaters, everything!!! Tomorrow morning (Thursday) at 10am a siren will be heard throughout the country and everyone will stand still for one minute commemorating the victims murdered during the Holocaust. This post is dedicated to the victims from my own family and those of my boyfriend’s family, and I would like to recommend you all a visit to Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum.

Yad VaShem Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Museum is Israel’s official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Located at the foot of Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem is a large complex containing a history museum, memorial chambers, art galleries, archives, outdoor commemorative sites (such as the Valley of the Destroyed Communities), a synagogue, and an educational centre. Non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, often at great personal risk, are honored by Yad Vashem as the “Righteous Among the Nations.”

Isragirl Presents : Yad VaShem Online Exhibition: Teleskoten 1944, Photo by Yad VaShem.org ©

The new Holocaust History Museum was built as a prism-like triangular structure. It is 180 meters long, with stark walls of reinforced concrete and an area of over 4,000 square meters. There are 10 exhibition halls, each devoted to a different chapter in the history of the Holocaust. Unlike the exhibition in the old museum, which was primarily composed of photographs, the new exhibition is a multi-media presentation that incorporates personal artifacts donated to Yad Vashem by Holocaust survivors, the families of those who perished, and Holocaust museums and memorial sites around the world.

The museum is designed so the visitor begins underground and slowly walks upwards. The exit from the main part of the museum is onto a balcony overlooking a stunning view of Jerusalem valley, and involves the visitor stepping from a dark corridor into direct sunlight. This is deliberate and intended to represent the struggle of the Jewish people during the dark days of the Holocaust, to the light of Israel, and the future of the Jews. Check out the museum opening hours and visitors Information.

Never been to Israel? Never heard of the Yad VaShem Holocaust Musem? Take a virtual tour of Yad VaShem Holocaust Musem… And when you get to Jerusalm – go visit Yad VaShem, as it will change the way you perceive the Holocaust, even if you think you know everything there is to know about it.

*This post was written with the help of Wikipedia

Learn about the Holocaust at Yad VaShem Museum – Touring through the museum is a very emotional experiance…

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