Израильский национальный мемориал Катастрофы (Холокоста) и Героизма. Israeli National Holocaust and Heroism Memorial.

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The name of the complex (Biblical Hebrew ?????????? ? y? d w? -? ? m - “memory and name”) comes from the words of the prophet Isaiah: “And I will give them in my house and within my walls the memory and a better name than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. » (Isaiah 56:5) This name of the Holocaust memorial is intended to convey the idea of ​ ​ creating a national treasury of the names of Jewish victims, which there is no one to wear after their death. The Yad Vashem complex is located in Jerusalem on Har HaZikaron (Mountain of Remembrance), on the western slope of Mount Herzl, at an altitude of 804 m above sea level, next to the Jerusalem Forest. This is an amazing place, in the truest sense of the word. I was from the death camps "Buchenwald", "Salaspils". I visited many museums that tell about the terrible period of 1933-1945. in the history of mankind. I read a lot of books about this terrible time, I saw a lot of feature films and documentaries.
Yad Vashem is the second most visited tourist attraction in Israel. The memorial is a complex located on an area of ​ ​.18 hectares and includes the Museum of the History of the Holocaust, memorial objects, such as the Children's Memorial, the Hall of Memory, the Memorial to the Deported Cattle Car, the Guerrilla Panorama, the Wall of Remembrance, the column of Heroism and the monument For Jewish soldiers, open memorial sites such as the Valley of the Commons, Hope Square, Janusz Korczak Square, Family Square and Warsaw Ghetto Square, Holocaust Museum and Exhibition Pavilion, Synagogue, Research Institute, Visual Center, Library with Archives , a publishing and educational center called the International School/Institute for Holocaust Studies, and other facilities. Entrance to the memorial is free. It is advisable to take a whole day to visit. The memorial is huge.