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 Train to Nowhere by gilabrand
“Over 100 people were packed into our…airless closed car. Everyone tried to push his way to a small air opening. I found a crack in one of the floorboards into which I pushed my nose to get a little air. The stench in the cattle car was unbearable. People were defecating in all four corners…After some time, the train suddenly stopped. A guard entered the car. He had come to rob us. He took everything that had not been well-hidden: money, watches, valuables…Water! We pleaded with the railroad workers. We would pay them well. I paid 500 zlotys and received a cup of water…I began to drink, a woman whose child had fainted attacked me. She was determined to make me leave her a little water. I did leave a bit at the bottom of the cup, and watched the child drink…The car was sweltering in the sun. The men lay half naked. Some of the women lay in their undergarments. People struggled to get some air, and some no longer moved…The train reached the camp. Many lay inert on the floor. Some were no longer alive” (from the testimony of a survivor).
The cattle car in this photo was used by the Nazis to transport Jews to the camps. It was given to Yad Vashem by the Polish authorities in 1990. Now part of a memorial designed by Moshe Safdie, it sits on a severed railroad track jutting out over the slope of a hill, suspended between heaven and earth. Leave a Comment Phone: 02-6443400Directions: March 2005 update: The new museum is now open. Down the winding road past the Mt. Herzl cemetery. Bus 13, 18, 20, 27 Visiting hours: Sun-Thurs. 9am - 5 pm; Friday 9am - 2 pm
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Everyone should be required to go to Yad Vashem when they go to Israel. It really should be a law that no matter the race or creed, a person over the age of consent has to go. I know of the Holocaust, we studied it in school, but nothing brings out the absolute horror of what we as humans did to other humans than the displays at Yad Vashem.
I spent over five hours just reading the displays and trying not to sob; wandering around the memorials and artwork, the lists of names and places of death, the letters to family, the statues..the loss of hope on so many faces in the pictures. It was one of the most heartbreaking places I have ever been. One walks out with a feeling of loss...of innocence, of faith in humanity's ability to feel, but also with a sense of hope that by seeing this, by feeling this, it will never be allowed to happen again.
hours are:Sunday to Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m Leave a Comment Phone: 02-6443753Directions: On Mount Herzel, Jerusalem
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Yad Va'shem is the museum to remember the horrible holocaust that 6 million jews died during WW2.
You will find here a lot of pictures and documents from this time.
The entrance is free and it is from 9:00-17:00 except saturday (the place is close).
The place is very exciting and with powerful emotions.
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You can really learn a lot after visiting this museum, especially for a non-jewish person. Highly recommended. Leave a Comment
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 Schindler's Plaque by GonerLeave a Comment Directions: On Mount Herzel
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 The Childrens' Memorial by GonerLeave a Comment Directions: On Mount Herzel
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 A Hero by Goner
My picture is of a statue a of a pediatrician who chose to die with Jewish orphans in the Holocaust. Dr. Janusz Korczak refused numerous opportunities to abandon the 200 children in his Warsaw orphanage. When the Nazis decided to deport those children to their deaths at Treblinka, Korczak chose to go with them, and also perished. Beside the sculpture stands a sign that reads: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).
To me this was one of the most important reminders of the Holocaust; though there is much evil in this world there is always something or someone to remind us there is good. Leave a Comment Phone: (02) 6751611 - call for hoursDirections: It's located on the western side of Mount Herzel
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Yad VeShem Valley of the
Communities, Jerusalem by Martin_S., 3 more photosLeave a Comment
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Yad Vashem is far from easy, but is a must for any visit to Jerusalem. Over a huge site spread over the hills of Jerusalem, it's a deeply (almost unbearably) moving memorial, 'lest we never forget' and an attempt to provide a name to every victim of the genocide.
Monuments such as the Valley of the Communities - a vast mass grave carved into the bedrock, a grave of alleys and walls towering 30' above you, walls which are carved with the names of cities, towns and villages of Europe and N. Africa from where Jews were deported. As you walk through these alleys and courtyards you feel trapped, insignificant and disorientated - a metaphorical journey through the european continent at a time of war.
The Children's Memorial will affect even the most hardened of souls - a memorial hollowed out of an underground cave. Simple in it's presentation - a darkened room, the use of candles and mirrors representing the 1.5 million children who were the victims of The Final Solution.
An original cattle car is at the centre of The Memorial of the Deportees, used in the transportation of millions of Jews across Europe to the death camps.
Garden of the Righteous Among Nations is the memorial to 000s of non-Jews who risked their lives in helping during the Shoah.
The centre piece is the Museum. This vast underground space presents an abbreviated history of anti-semitism leading up to the Holocaust and then provides a detailed history of events during the period 1930-1945. It is an extraordinary, overpowering display.
The new museum provides an extra dimension to Yad Vashem. Previously, 2-3 hours would have been the recommended time for a tour of the site. The new museum alone could take up more than this. Ideally, 2-3 visits would be the only way to give Yad Vashem any justice, but one recommendation is to break up your time in the new Museum - take it in 2-3 parts with 'breaks' outside.
Free entry.
Opening hours: Sun-Thurs 9am-5pm: Fri 9am-2pm Leave a Comment
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Yad Vashem means 'A Memorial and a Name' in Hebrew (a quote from Isaiah 56:5). This place is Israel's national Holocaust remembrance site.
Many people say you can't go to Israel withouth visiting Yad Vashem and they are right.
Visiting Yad Vashem is a very emotional experience and hard to describe in words.
There is a history museum, and also several different memorials and a visitor centre scattered across the complex.
Some of the memorials:
Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations: trees have been planted here to honour those non-Jews who saved Jewish people from the Nazi persecution. Among the trees is one for Oskar Schinder.
Children's Memorial: Dedicated to the 1.5 milion children who died in the Holocaust, this memorial consists of candles being reflected my mirrors in an otherwise dark space. The names of the dead children are read out by recorded voices.
Hall of Remembrance: An eternal flame burns here. This is the place where memorial ceremonies are held.
Valley of the Communities: Like a canyon carved out of the rock, the walls of this valley are inscribed with the names of the Jewish communities that were destroyed in the Holocaust.
Memorial to the Deportees: a cattle car (one of the trains used to take Jews to the concentration camps) stands at the edge of a severed track. A memorial to remember those who were deported to the exterminatino camps.
These are only a few examples. There is so much more to see at Yad Vashem.
Plan in at least half a day for your visit.
Entry is free of charge. Closed on Saturdays and Jewish Holidays. Leave a Comment Phone: +972 (0)2 6443749Directions: Har Hzikaron Buses to the Mount Herzl bus stop: 13,16,17,17a,18,20,21,23,24,26,27,39,99,33.Website: http://www.yadvashem.org/
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