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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.

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  3. Artifacts on Display in the Holocaust History Museum
  4. Rouge used by Rosa Sperling and her daughter Marila (Miriam), in order to pass the selections in the camps

Rouge used by Rosa Sperling and her daughter Marila (Miriam), in order to pass the selections in the camps

The remainder of a piece of rouge preserved in a celluloid scrap that enabled Rosa Sperling and her daughter Marila to pass the selections in the camps
The remainder of a piece of rouge preserved in a celluloid scrap that enabled Rosa Sperling and her daughter Marila to pass the selections in the camps

They would smear a tiny amount of the rouge on their cheeks before each selection to give themselves a look of vitality. 

Rosa Sperling’s camp number from Auschwitz
Rosa Sperling’s camp number from Auschwitz

Rosa Sperling after the war
Rosa Sperling after the war

Marila Sperling after the war
Marila Sperling after the war

Henryk Sperling in 1918. Henryk was murdered in 1942
Henryk Sperling in 1918. Henryk was murdered in 1942

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