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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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Josef Kermish

Dr. Joseph Kermish (1907-2005), Holocaust survivor, established the Yad Vashem Archives in 1953, and served as its director until 1979. Dr. Kermish edited and published several collections of source material, including "To Live with Honor and Die with Honor: Selected Documents from the Warsaw Ghetto Underground Archives".