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Opening Hours:

Sunday to Thursday: ‬09:00-17:00

Fridays and Holiday eves: ‬09:00-14:00

Yad Vashem is closed on Saturdays and all Jewish Holidays.

Entrance to the Holocaust History Museum is not permitted for children under the age of 10. Babies in strollers or carriers will not be permitted to enter.

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The Israeli flag raised by Eleazar Shafrir upon hearing the results of the vote in the UN on 29 November 1947 approving the creation of the State of Israel

Eleazar (Spiegel) Shafrir was born in Krakow, Poland in 1924. He was raised in a Zionist family and studied in the “Hebrew Gymnasium”. His father, Mordecai was arrested by the Gestapo at the beginning of the Nazi occupation and sent to Auschwitz, which at that stage was a detention camp for political prisoners. In December 1940 a telegram was received informing the family that he had died from a stroke.

The Israeli flag raised by Eleazar (Spiegel) Shafrir upon hearing the results of the vote in the UN on 29 November 1947 approving the creation of the State of Israel
The Israeli flag raised by Eleazar (Spiegel) Shafrir upon hearing the results of the vote in the UN on 29 November 1947 approving the creation of the State of Israel

The Israeli flag raised by Eleazar (Spiegel) Shafrir upon hearing the results of the vote in the UN on 29 November 1947 approving the creation of the State of Israel
The celebrations on the evening of 29 November 1947 – Eleazar Shafrir raising the flag of Israel on a British armored car
The celebrations on the evening of 29 November 1947 – Eleazar Shafrir raising the flag of Israel on a British armored car

The celebrations on the evening of 29 November 1947 – Eleazar Shafrir raising the flag of Israel on a British armored car
Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Elazar Shafrir

Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Elazar Shafrir
The Spiegel family in Krakow: Dr. Markus Spiegel, Rosa, Eleazar (Shafrir) and Ora
The Spiegel family in Krakow: Dr. Markus Spiegel, Rosa, Eleazar (Shafrir) and Ora

The Spiegel family in Krakow: Dr. Markus Spiegel, Rosa, Eleazar (Shafrir) and Ora
Eleazar Shafrir in the Chemistry lab on Mt. Scopus in 1946
Eleazar Shafrir in the Chemistry lab on Mt. Scopus in 1946

Eleazar Shafrir in the Chemistry lab on Mt. Scopus in 1946
One of Eleazar’s Chemistry notebooks from Mt. Scopus, 1946. It remained in the drawer of his table at the University and was only recovered after the Six Day War
One of Eleazar’s Chemistry notebooks from Mt. Scopus, 1946. It remained in the drawer of his table at the University and was only recovered after the Six Day War

One of Eleazar’s Chemistry notebooks from Mt. Scopus, 1946. It remained in the drawer of his table at the University and was only recovered after the Six Day War
Eleazar Shafrir on exercises with his comrades, Etzion Bloc, 1948
Eleazar Shafrir on exercises with his comrades, Etzion Bloc, 1948

Eleazar Shafrir on exercises with his comrades, Etzion Bloc, 1948
Eleazar Shafrir’s military gear from the War of Independence: helmet
Eleazar Shafrir’s military gear from the War of Independence: helmet

Eleazar Shafrir’s military gear from the War of Independence: helmet
Eleazar’s military gear from the War of Independence: webbing belt
Eleazar’s military gear from the War of Independence: webbing belt

Eleazar’s military gear from the War of Independence: webbing belt
Eleazar’s military gear from the War of Independence: toque
Eleazar’s military gear from the War of Independence: toque

Eleazar’s military gear from the War of Independence: toque