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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Sarah Eismann

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Regina Jonas: Pastor and Rabbi in Theresienstadt

"To be 'blessed' by God means to bestow blessings, goodness and loyalty – regardless of place or situation." These words were the last that Regina Jonas wrote down in Thereseinstadt before she was deported to Auschwitz. In the spirit of this quote, Regina was a rabbi and pastor in Theresienstadt for two years. She worked in the ghetto's "Department for Mental Hygiene" set up by psychoanalyst Viktor Frankl. Her job was to receive the traumatized deportees who came straight from the trains... Read more

Sarah Eismann

Regina Jonas: Pastor and Rabbi in Theresienstadt

New Yad Vashem website redirection