Plan your Visit To Yad Vashem
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Sun-Thurs: 08:30-17:00
Fridays and holiday eves: 08:30-14:00
Saturday and Jewish holidays – Closed

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

The baby shoe of Hinda Cohen, with the date of her deportation to the death camp carved into the sole by her father

Tzipporah (née Barka) and Dov Cohen lived in Kovno.  Their first child died at birth before the war. With the German invasion of Lithuania, the couple tried unsuccessfully to escape to Soviet territory, and eventually found themselves back home in Kovno.

The baby shoe of Hinda Cohen, with the date of her deportation to the death camp carved into the sole by her father
The baby shoe of Hinda Cohen, with the date of her deportation to the death camp carved into the sole by her father

The baby shoe of Hinda Cohen, with the date of her deportation to the death camp carved into the sole by her father
The baby shoe of Hinda Cohen, who was deported to Auschwitz and murdered
The baby shoe of Hinda Cohen, who was deported to Auschwitz and murdered

The baby shoe of Hinda Cohen, who was deported to Auschwitz and murdered
Tzippora and Dov Cohen, 1938, shortly after their wedding
Tzippora and Dov Cohen, 1938, shortly after their wedding

Tzippora and Dov Cohen, 1938, shortly after their wedding
Gloves that Tzipporah knit for Hinda in the ghetto from scraps of wool
Gloves that Tzipporah knit for Hinda in the ghetto from scraps of wool

Gloves that Tzipporah knit for Hinda in the ghetto from scraps of wool
Birth Certificate of Hinda Cohen, Kovno Ghetto, January 18th, 1942
Birth Certificate of Hinda Cohen, Kovno Ghetto, January 18th, 1942

Birth Certificate of Hinda Cohen, Kovno Ghetto, January 18th, 1942