Plan your Visit To Yad Vashem

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.

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

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 after the war

Marila Sperling after the war

Henryk Sperling in 1918. Henryk was murdered in 1942

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