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Visiting Info
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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Jewish badge from Austria

Distinctive Jewish badge (yellow star) that the Jews of Austria were forced to wear on their clothing in accordance with the directives of the German occupation.

Jewish badge belonged to Hilda Eidinger from Vienna, Austria.
Jewish badge belonged to Hilda Eidinger from Vienna, Austria.

Eidinger and her husband were deported to Terezin and from there to Auschwitz, where they were murdered. The star was preserved by an Austrian friend.

Jewish badge belonged to Hilda Eidinger from Vienna, Austria.
Jewish women and girls wearing the yellow star, Vienna, Austria, 1941
Jewish women and girls wearing the yellow star, Vienna, Austria, 1941

Jewish women and girls wearing the yellow star, Vienna, Austria, 1941