About Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum

“To them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever.” Isaiah 56.5

Yad Vashem is Israel’s official Holocaust memorial and museum on Mount Herzl, the Mount of Remembrance. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of Holocaust. The history depicted here is intimately connected to the creation and existence of the State of Israel, and as such, it offers a window to understanding Israeli society today.

Holocaust History Museum

The Holocaust History Museum presents the story of the Shoah from a Jewish perspective, highlighting the experiences of the individual victims through original artifacts, survivor testimonies and authentic objects from the ghettos and concentration camps. The Hall of Names is a repository for Pages of Testimony of millions of Holocaust victims.

Other Memorials in the Campus

The Hall of Remembrance holds an eternal flame to remember those who died. The Children’s Memorial commemorates the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust. The Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations has over 2,000 trees and remembers people who were not Jews but risked their lives to help save Jews from the Nazis. The Memorial to the Deportees remembers many of the Jews who were taken to the death camps in cattle cars and died.

Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah)

It is a day that is observed across the country every year as a national holiday and day of remembrance. It usually falls in late April or early May and runs from sundown one day to sundown the next, according to the Jewish calendar.