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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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Two Survivors Tell Their Stories: Holocaust memorial ceremony

Witnesses and Testimony

Grades: 12 
Duration: 20 minutes

In this ceremony students commemorate the experiences of two Holocaust survivors and their families, one from Germany and one from Italy.

During the Holocaust, it is estimated that the Nazis and their collaborators systematically murdered approximately six million Jews. Those who survived had to cope with their memories, altering their lives forever. As many survivors chose not to or could not speak of their ordeal, we will never know their story. However, many others felt compelled to relate and give eyewitness accounts of those dark days and pass on their legacy to future generations.

Berlin, Germany, Ruins of Fasanenstrasse Synagogue
Berlin, Germany, Ruins of Fasanenstrasse Synagogue

Berlin, Germany, Ruins of Fasanenstrasse Synagogue
Westerbork, The Netherlands, Jews Boarding a Deportation Train to Auschwitz
Westerbork, The Netherlands, Jews Boarding a Deportation Train to Auschwitz

Westerbork, The Netherlands, Jews Boarding a Deportation Train to Auschwitz
Bremen, Germany, Jews forced to clean up from the destruction of Kristallnacht, November, 1938
Bremen, Germany, Jews forced to clean up from the destruction of Kristallnacht, November, 1938

Bremen, Germany, Jews forced to clean up from the destruction of Kristallnacht, November, 1938
Ferramonti di Tarsiy, Italy, Prisoners in the Camp, 1942
Ferramonti di Tarsiy, Italy, Prisoners in the Camp, 1942

Ferramonti di Tarsiy, Italy, Prisoners in the Camp, 1942
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Jews standing on the platform for selection after alighting from a train
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Jews standing on the platform for selection after alighting from a train

Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Jews standing on the platform for selection after alighting from a train
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, A Children's Home in the Ghetto
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, A Children's Home in the Ghetto

Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, A Children's Home in the Ghetto
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, Children Wearing the Jewish Badge
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, Children Wearing the Jewish Badge

Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, Children Wearing the Jewish Badge
Birkenau, Poland, Two young women at the front of the photograph have been selected for forced labor from the selection on the platform, 27/05/1944
Birkenau, Poland, Two young women at the front of the photograph have been selected for forced labor from the selection on the platform, 27/05/1944

Birkenau, Poland, Two young women at the front of the photograph have been selected for forced labor from the selection on the platform, 27/05/1944
Hunger in the Concentration Camps: Walter Zwi Bacharach

Excerpt from: Daily Life in Concentration Camps
Directed By: Ayelet Heller and Itay Ken-Tor
Producers: Liat Benhabib, Noemi Schory, Liran Atzmor, Alona Schory
Production Company: Belfilms Ltd.

Hunger in the Concentration Camps: Walter Zwi Bacharach
Using Holocaust Testimony in the Classroom

Using Holocaust Testimony in the Classroom
Using Testimony Films in the Classroom – The Story of Ovadia Baruch

Using Testimony Films in the Classroom – The Story of Ovadia Baruch