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.

Israel Mizrahi's Shofar

Following the occupation of Belgium by Nazi Germany, Israel Mizrahi, cantor of a synagogue in Antwerp, was deported to the Mechelen camp with his wife Esther and their two children Yosef and Lilly. Thinking that they would return soon, they locked their house and handed the keys to the Gestapo.