Plan your Visit to Yad Vashem
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Sun-Thurs: 09:00-16:00
Fridays and holiday eves: 09:00-13:00
Saturday and Jewish holidays – Closed

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Yad Vashem is open to the general public, free of charge. All visits to Yad Vashem must be reserved in advance.

Armband that belonged to Paulina Chiger who survived with her family in the sewers of Lwow thanks to Leopold Socha

Leopold Socha, a resident of Lwow, knew the sewer system of the city well because he had made use of it to evade the authorities. After the Soviet occupation of the city he worked for the Sanitation Department, and his familiarity with the sewage system and his position facilitated the saving of 10 Jews.

Essential worker armband from the Lwow ghetto.
Essential worker armband from the Lwow ghetto.

 This armband belonged to Pauline Chiger, who was sent to forced labor sewing uniforms for the German Army in the Janowska camp

Essential worker armband from the Lwow ghetto.
Leopold Socha , Lwow, 1943
Leopold Socha , Lwow, 1943

Leopold Socha , Lwow, 1943
Pauline Chiger, Lwow, 1941
Pauline Chiger, Lwow, 1941

Pauline Chiger, Lwow, 1941
Ignacy-Yitzhak Chiger, Lwow, 1941
Ignacy-Yitzhak Chiger, Lwow, 1941

Ignacy-Yitzhak Chiger, Lwow, 1941
Siblings Krystina and Pavel Chiger, Lwow, 1941
Siblings Krystina and Pavel Chiger, Lwow, 1941

Siblings Krystina and Pavel Chiger, Lwow, 1941
Leopold Socha standing in front of the tavern he opened at the end of the war in Gliwice, Poland, 1945
Leopold Socha standing in front of the tavern he opened at the end of the war in Gliwice, Poland, 1945

Leopold Socha standing in front of the tavern he opened at the end of the war in Gliwice, Poland, 1945