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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.

Survivor Testimonies

Full Length Survivor Testimonies

Full Length Survivor Testimonies

Currently, in this database, there are approximately 15,000 full length survivor testimonies. They can be accessed by year, subject, place and language.

Video Testimonies Resource Center

Video Testimonies Resource Center

Excerpts of video testimonies from survivors that are integrated throughout relevant contexts on the website are also accessible by topic or location in this section.

Survivors Testimony Films Series

Survivors Testimony Films Series

“Witnesses and Education” is a series of testimony films in which survivors recount their life stories at the locations in which the events transpired. The survivors are accompanied by educators from the International School for Holocaust Studies, and thus the orientation of the questions is pedagogical in nature.

Online Torchlighter Film Archive

Online Torchlighter Film Archive

Each year, during the official Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day ceremony that takes place at Yad Vashem, six torches, representing the six million Jews, are lit by Holocaust survivors and short films depicting the stories of the survivors are shown as each torch is lit.