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Yad Vashem
Jerusalem, view at Yad Vashem museum.JPG
Established 1953
Location Mount Herzl, Jerusalem
Type Holocaust

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.

Monuments and Memorials in Yad Vashem museum

  • Yad Vashem Hall of Names by David Shankbone

    Hall of Names

  • Ohelyzkor12

    The Eternal Flame Hall

  • Israel-Yad Vashem Garden of righteous

    Garden of the Righteous among the Nations

  • YadVashem Train Car

    Cattle car memorial

  • YadVashem Valley of the Communities 002

    Valley of the Destroyed Communities

  • Yad Vashem BW 2

    Janusz Korczak and the children, memorial

  • PikiWiki Israel 12503 childrens memorial at yad vashem

    Memorial to the Jewish children murdered by the Nazis

  • PikiWiki Israel 12500 childre holocaust memorial at yad vashem

    Children's Memorial Hall

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Images for kids

  • ISR-2015-Jerusalem-Yad Vashem-Wagon monument 01

    The wagon (or cattle car) monument in memory of the Holocaust trains

  • Yad Vashem view

    View of Yad Vashem

  • Israel-2013(2)-Jerusalem-Yad Vashem-Prism Skylight 01

    Prism skylight

  • Holy Land Pilgrimage 2017 P090 Yad Vashem Irena Sendlerowa Tree

    Tree, memorial honoring Irena Sendler (Polish nurse who saved 2,500 Jews when it was forbidden during the Holocaust) in Jerusalem, Israel

  • President Trump visit to Israel May 22-23, 2017 DSC 4027F (34461668090)

    President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Yad Vashem, May 2017

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Yad Vashem para niños

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