Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יָד וַשֵׁם) is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
Established in 1953, Yad Vashem is located on the western slope of Mount Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, 804 meters (2,638ft)above sea level and adjacent to the Jerusalem Forest. The memorial consists of a 180-dunam (18.0ha; 44.5-acre) complex containing the Holocaust History Museum, memorial sites such as the Children's Memorial and the Hall of Remembrance, The Museum of Holocaust Art, sculptures, outdoor commemorative sites such as the Valley of the Communities, a synagogue, a research institute with archives, a library, a publishing house, and an educational center named The International School/Institute for Holocaust Studies.
A core goal of Yad Vashem's founders was to recognize gentiles who, at personal risk and without a financial or evangelistic motive, chose to save their Jewish brethren from the ongoing genocide during the Holocaust. Those recognized by Israel as Righteous Among the Nations are honored in a section of Yad Vashem known as the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations.
Yad Vashem, as most Israelis will tell you, is a Holocaust museum and I would add that it’s the second most-visited site in Israel after the Western Wall.
Should you take the time to visit? My answer is no and yes...
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published: 10 May 2021
"Who Do I Belong To?": The Story of Janina Ecker
Janina (Halina) Ecker was born in Krakow in 1932 to Dawid and Sara Layman. She had two older brothers, Ryszard and Olek. With the outbreak of World War II and the invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union, Dawid and Ryszard escaped to Lviv, where they were apprehended by the Soviets and sent to Siberia. Janina remained in Krakow with her mother and her brother Olek. They were subjected to the harsh anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi regime. After being expelled from the city, they, together with other Jews from the district, taken to the near-by village of Gdow and from there to the town of Wieliczka. During the action in the town, her mother managed to send an urgent telegram to Polish acquaintances in Krakow, Józefa and Tadeusz Latawiec, who arrived at the place and took Janina un...
published: 16 Mar 2023
A Personal Look at Yad Vashem
CBN News takes you on an exclusive tour of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
In 2021 the then co-Founder and Managing Director of the International Relations Division of Yad Vashem, Shaya Ben Yehuda shares his personal stories of how the Holocaust affected his family and explained why it’s so important to stand up against anti-Semitism and all acts of hatred today.
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Jerusalem, Israel: Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center
More info about travel to Jerusalem: https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/fabled-jerusalem The best place to both remember and learn about the Holocaust is Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel. This sprawling and beautifully landscaped memorial and museum is dedicated to chronicling, remembering, and learning from the slaughter of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany.
At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
published: 13 Jul 2016
Virtuelle Führung durch Yad Vashem
Auf meiner virtuellen Tour über den Campus von Yad Vashem beleuchte ich die politische und kulturelle Prägung von Erinnerungskulturen in Israel und visualisiere ihre Wandlungsprozesse anhand einzelner Gedenkorte. Ich beziehe mich dabei auf israelische Kontexte und befasse mich zugleich mit den komplexen deutsch-israelischen erinnerungskulturellen Beziehungen. Die virtuelle Führung entstand im Auftrag der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung und dient u.a. zur Vorbereitung der bpb-Studienreisen.
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published: 07 Oct 2021
Virtual Tour of Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum
COVID-19 has kept the doors of the Jewish people's memorial to the Holocaust closed for most of the year, but Yad Vashem is offering new and innovative ways to keep Yad Vashem accessible to the general public. We invite you to explore the history of the Holocaust with one of Yad Vashem's expert guides on a one-of-a-kind virtualtour of the Holocaust History Museum. This exclusive online visit to some of our galleries will give you the opportunity to encounter the fascinating stories behind the personal items on display.
published: 03 Jan 2021
Yad Vashem: Remembering victims of the Holocaust
Cut into a Jerusalem hillside is a striking modern memorial to an unthinkable past. Part museum and part archive, Yad Vashem stores documents and artifacts of the Holocaust, the stories of millions of victims, and the testimonies of survivors who lost family members and loved ones. Seth Doane reports on the efforts made by museum staff and volunteers to identify and commemorate the millions of souls lost to the Nazis' genocide.
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The Auschwitz Album- Visual Evidence of the Process Leading to the Mass Murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau
The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a unique document and was donated to Yad Vashem by Lilly Jacob-Zelmanovic Meier.
Visit the online exhibition: http://bit.ly/ZPBKRN
Music:
Immersed Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Yad Vashem, as most Israelis will tell you, is a Holocaust museum and I would add that it’s the second most-visited site in Israel after the Western Wall.
Shou...
Yad Vashem, as most Israelis will tell you, is a Holocaust museum and I would add that it’s the second most-visited site in Israel after the Western Wall.
Should you take the time to visit? My answer is no and yes...
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Yad Vashem, as most Israelis will tell you, is a Holocaust museum and I would add that it’s the second most-visited site in Israel after the Western Wall.
Should you take the time to visit? My answer is no and yes...
Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkeTA80xeSa9POCGRpWTIfQ/join
Janina (Halina) Ecker was born in Krakow in 1932 to Dawid and Sara Layman. She had two older brothers, Ryszard and Olek. With the outbreak of World War II and t...
Janina (Halina) Ecker was born in Krakow in 1932 to Dawid and Sara Layman. She had two older brothers, Ryszard and Olek. With the outbreak of World War II and the invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union, Dawid and Ryszard escaped to Lviv, where they were apprehended by the Soviets and sent to Siberia. Janina remained in Krakow with her mother and her brother Olek. They were subjected to the harsh anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi regime. After being expelled from the city, they, together with other Jews from the district, taken to the near-by village of Gdow and from there to the town of Wieliczka. During the action in the town, her mother managed to send an urgent telegram to Polish acquaintances in Krakow, Józefa and Tadeusz Latawiec, who arrived at the place and took Janina under their care. Worrying they would be denounced, the couple moved Janina to a convent in the village of Staniątki, where she remained until the end of the war. After the war, Janina lived with the Latawiecs. Eventually, her parents and her brother Ryszard also returned to the city. In 1949 they immigrated to Israel. Janina married and worked for many years in a senior position at El Al. She has three daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She lives in Givatayim.
Janina (Halina) Ecker was born in Krakow in 1932 to Dawid and Sara Layman. She had two older brothers, Ryszard and Olek. With the outbreak of World War II and the invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union, Dawid and Ryszard escaped to Lviv, where they were apprehended by the Soviets and sent to Siberia. Janina remained in Krakow with her mother and her brother Olek. They were subjected to the harsh anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi regime. After being expelled from the city, they, together with other Jews from the district, taken to the near-by village of Gdow and from there to the town of Wieliczka. During the action in the town, her mother managed to send an urgent telegram to Polish acquaintances in Krakow, Józefa and Tadeusz Latawiec, who arrived at the place and took Janina under their care. Worrying they would be denounced, the couple moved Janina to a convent in the village of Staniątki, where she remained until the end of the war. After the war, Janina lived with the Latawiecs. Eventually, her parents and her brother Ryszard also returned to the city. In 1949 they immigrated to Israel. Janina married and worked for many years in a senior position at El Al. She has three daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She lives in Givatayim.
CBN News takes you on an exclusive tour of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
In 2021 the then co-Founder and Managing Di...
CBN News takes you on an exclusive tour of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
In 2021 the then co-Founder and Managing Director of the International Relations Division of Yad Vashem, Shaya Ben Yehuda shares his personal stories of how the Holocaust affected his family and explained why it’s so important to stand up against anti-Semitism and all acts of hatred today.
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In 2021 the then co-Founder and Managing Director of the International Relations Division of Yad Vashem, Shaya Ben Yehuda shares his personal stories of how the Holocaust affected his family and explained why it’s so important to stand up against anti-Semitism and all acts of hatred today.
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More info about travel to Jerusalem: https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/fabled-jerusalem The best place to both remember and learn about...
More info about travel to Jerusalem: https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/fabled-jerusalem The best place to both remember and learn about the Holocaust is Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel. This sprawling and beautifully landscaped memorial and museum is dedicated to chronicling, remembering, and learning from the slaughter of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany.
At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
More info about travel to Jerusalem: https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/fabled-jerusalem The best place to both remember and learn about the Holocaust is Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel. This sprawling and beautifully landscaped memorial and museum is dedicated to chronicling, remembering, and learning from the slaughter of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany.
At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
Auf meiner virtuellen Tour über den Campus von Yad Vashem beleuchte ich die politische und kulturelle Prägung von Erinnerungskulturen in Israel und visualisiere...
Auf meiner virtuellen Tour über den Campus von Yad Vashem beleuchte ich die politische und kulturelle Prägung von Erinnerungskulturen in Israel und visualisiere ihre Wandlungsprozesse anhand einzelner Gedenkorte. Ich beziehe mich dabei auf israelische Kontexte und befasse mich zugleich mit den komplexen deutsch-israelischen erinnerungskulturellen Beziehungen. Die virtuelle Führung entstand im Auftrag der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung und dient u.a. zur Vorbereitung der bpb-Studienreisen.
hrsg. von: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
Dieser Text und Medieninhalt sind unter der Creative Commons Lizenz "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 - Namensnennung - Nicht-kommerziell - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International" veröffentlicht. Autor/-in: Uriel Kashi für bpb.de
00:00 Begrüßung
02:38 Einführung Yad Vashem - Museum und Gartenanlage
03:52 Allee der Gerechten unter den Völkern
05:33 Zelt der Erinnerung
10:19 Aussichtsterrasse der Partisanen
11:54 Vorstellung der Homepage von Yad Vashem
20:25 Tal der Gemeinden & Verabschiedung
Auf meiner virtuellen Tour über den Campus von Yad Vashem beleuchte ich die politische und kulturelle Prägung von Erinnerungskulturen in Israel und visualisiere ihre Wandlungsprozesse anhand einzelner Gedenkorte. Ich beziehe mich dabei auf israelische Kontexte und befasse mich zugleich mit den komplexen deutsch-israelischen erinnerungskulturellen Beziehungen. Die virtuelle Führung entstand im Auftrag der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung und dient u.a. zur Vorbereitung der bpb-Studienreisen.
hrsg. von: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
Dieser Text und Medieninhalt sind unter der Creative Commons Lizenz "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 - Namensnennung - Nicht-kommerziell - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International" veröffentlicht. Autor/-in: Uriel Kashi für bpb.de
00:00 Begrüßung
02:38 Einführung Yad Vashem - Museum und Gartenanlage
03:52 Allee der Gerechten unter den Völkern
05:33 Zelt der Erinnerung
10:19 Aussichtsterrasse der Partisanen
11:54 Vorstellung der Homepage von Yad Vashem
20:25 Tal der Gemeinden & Verabschiedung
COVID-19 has kept the doors of the Jewish people's memorial to the Holocaust closed for most of the year, but Yad Vashem is offering new and innovative ways to ...
COVID-19 has kept the doors of the Jewish people's memorial to the Holocaust closed for most of the year, but Yad Vashem is offering new and innovative ways to keep Yad Vashem accessible to the general public. We invite you to explore the history of the Holocaust with one of Yad Vashem's expert guides on a one-of-a-kind virtualtour of the Holocaust History Museum. This exclusive online visit to some of our galleries will give you the opportunity to encounter the fascinating stories behind the personal items on display.
COVID-19 has kept the doors of the Jewish people's memorial to the Holocaust closed for most of the year, but Yad Vashem is offering new and innovative ways to keep Yad Vashem accessible to the general public. We invite you to explore the history of the Holocaust with one of Yad Vashem's expert guides on a one-of-a-kind virtualtour of the Holocaust History Museum. This exclusive online visit to some of our galleries will give you the opportunity to encounter the fascinating stories behind the personal items on display.
Cut into a Jerusalem hillside is a striking modern memorial to an unthinkable past. Part museum and part archive, Yad Vashem stores documents and artifacts of t...
Cut into a Jerusalem hillside is a striking modern memorial to an unthinkable past. Part museum and part archive, Yad Vashem stores documents and artifacts of the Holocaust, the stories of millions of victims, and the testimonies of survivors who lost family members and loved ones. Seth Doane reports on the efforts made by museum staff and volunteers to identify and commemorate the millions of souls lost to the Nazis' genocide.
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The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a unique document and was donat...
The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a unique document and was donated to Yad Vashem by Lilly Jacob-Zelmanovic Meier.
Visit the online exhibition: http://bit.ly/ZPBKRN
Music:
Immersed Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a unique document and was donated to Yad Vashem by Lilly Jacob-Zelmanovic Meier.
Visit the online exhibition: http://bit.ly/ZPBKRN
Music:
Immersed Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Yad Vashem, as most Israelis will tell you, is a Holocaust museum and I would add that it’s the second most-visited site in Israel after the Western Wall.
Should you take the time to visit? My answer is no and yes...
Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkeTA80xeSa9POCGRpWTIfQ/join
Janina (Halina) Ecker was born in Krakow in 1932 to Dawid and Sara Layman. She had two older brothers, Ryszard and Olek. With the outbreak of World War II and the invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union, Dawid and Ryszard escaped to Lviv, where they were apprehended by the Soviets and sent to Siberia. Janina remained in Krakow with her mother and her brother Olek. They were subjected to the harsh anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi regime. After being expelled from the city, they, together with other Jews from the district, taken to the near-by village of Gdow and from there to the town of Wieliczka. During the action in the town, her mother managed to send an urgent telegram to Polish acquaintances in Krakow, Józefa and Tadeusz Latawiec, who arrived at the place and took Janina under their care. Worrying they would be denounced, the couple moved Janina to a convent in the village of Staniątki, where she remained until the end of the war. After the war, Janina lived with the Latawiecs. Eventually, her parents and her brother Ryszard also returned to the city. In 1949 they immigrated to Israel. Janina married and worked for many years in a senior position at El Al. She has three daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She lives in Givatayim.
CBN News takes you on an exclusive tour of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
In 2021 the then co-Founder and Managing Director of the International Relations Division of Yad Vashem, Shaya Ben Yehuda shares his personal stories of how the Holocaust affected his family and explained why it’s so important to stand up against anti-Semitism and all acts of hatred today.
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More info about travel to Jerusalem: https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/fabled-jerusalem The best place to both remember and learn about the Holocaust is Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel. This sprawling and beautifully landscaped memorial and museum is dedicated to chronicling, remembering, and learning from the slaughter of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany.
At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
Auf meiner virtuellen Tour über den Campus von Yad Vashem beleuchte ich die politische und kulturelle Prägung von Erinnerungskulturen in Israel und visualisiere ihre Wandlungsprozesse anhand einzelner Gedenkorte. Ich beziehe mich dabei auf israelische Kontexte und befasse mich zugleich mit den komplexen deutsch-israelischen erinnerungskulturellen Beziehungen. Die virtuelle Führung entstand im Auftrag der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung und dient u.a. zur Vorbereitung der bpb-Studienreisen.
hrsg. von: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
Dieser Text und Medieninhalt sind unter der Creative Commons Lizenz "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 - Namensnennung - Nicht-kommerziell - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International" veröffentlicht. Autor/-in: Uriel Kashi für bpb.de
00:00 Begrüßung
02:38 Einführung Yad Vashem - Museum und Gartenanlage
03:52 Allee der Gerechten unter den Völkern
05:33 Zelt der Erinnerung
10:19 Aussichtsterrasse der Partisanen
11:54 Vorstellung der Homepage von Yad Vashem
20:25 Tal der Gemeinden & Verabschiedung
COVID-19 has kept the doors of the Jewish people's memorial to the Holocaust closed for most of the year, but Yad Vashem is offering new and innovative ways to keep Yad Vashem accessible to the general public. We invite you to explore the history of the Holocaust with one of Yad Vashem's expert guides on a one-of-a-kind virtualtour of the Holocaust History Museum. This exclusive online visit to some of our galleries will give you the opportunity to encounter the fascinating stories behind the personal items on display.
Cut into a Jerusalem hillside is a striking modern memorial to an unthinkable past. Part museum and part archive, Yad Vashem stores documents and artifacts of the Holocaust, the stories of millions of victims, and the testimonies of survivors who lost family members and loved ones. Seth Doane reports on the efforts made by museum staff and volunteers to identify and commemorate the millions of souls lost to the Nazis' genocide.
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Get new episodes of shows you love across devices the next day, stream local news live, and watch full seasons of CBS fan favorites anytime, anywhere with CBS All Access. Try it free! http://bit.ly/1OQA29B
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The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a unique document and was donated to Yad Vashem by Lilly Jacob-Zelmanovic Meier.
Visit the online exhibition: http://bit.ly/ZPBKRN
Music:
Immersed Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יָד וַשֵׁם) is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
Established in 1953, Yad Vashem is located on the western slope of Mount Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, 804 meters (2,638ft)above sea level and adjacent to the Jerusalem Forest. The memorial consists of a 180-dunam (18.0ha; 44.5-acre) complex containing the Holocaust History Museum, memorial sites such as the Children's Memorial and the Hall of Remembrance, The Museum of Holocaust Art, sculptures, outdoor commemorative sites such as the Valley of the Communities, a synagogue, a research institute with archives, a library, a publishing house, and an educational center named The International School/Institute for Holocaust Studies.
A core goal of Yad Vashem's founders was to recognize gentiles who, at personal risk and without a financial or evangelistic motive, chose to save their Jewish brethren from the ongoing genocide during the Holocaust. Those recognized by Israel as Righteous Among the Nations are honored in a section of Yad Vashem known as the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations.