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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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"She Was There and She Told Me" - The Story of Hannah Bar Yesha

In the summer of 1944, twelve-year-old Hannah Bar Yesha was deported together with her extended family from Hungary to Auschwitz-Birkenau. During the selection process, most of her family members were sent to the gas chambers. Hannah was incarcerated in Birkenau as a prisoner, together with her mother and aunts. This touching film depicts Hannah's life story - from her youth in Ungvár to her immigration to Israel. This film is part of the "Witnesses and Education" project, a joint production of the International School for Holocaust Studies and the Multimedia Center of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In this series, survivors recount their life stores - before, during and after the Holocaust. Each title is filmed on location, where the events originally transpired.

Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, Jews in the ghetto
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, Jews in the ghetto

Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, Jews in the ghetto
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, The Red Army entering the ghetto, May
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, The Red Army entering the ghetto, May

Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, The Red Army entering the ghetto, May
Birkenau, Poland, Women and children on the selection platform
Birkenau, Poland, Women and children on the selection platform

Birkenau, Poland, Women and children on the selection platform
Hungarian Jews from Carpatho-Ruthenia undergoing selection on the ramp at Birkenau.
Hungarian Jews from Carpatho-Ruthenia undergoing selection on the ramp at Birkenau.

Hungarian Jews from Carpatho-Ruthenia undergoing selection on the ramp at Birkenau.
Birkenau, Poland, Jews on the Platform after Alighting from a Deportation Train
Birkenau, Poland, Jews on the Platform after Alighting from a Deportation Train

Birkenau, Poland, Jews on the Platform after Alighting from a Deportation Train
Birkenau, Poland, Selection on the platform
Birkenau, Poland, Selection on the platform

Birkenau, Poland, Selection on the platform
Auschwitz, Poland, Inmates lying on bunks in a barrack, after the liberation
Auschwitz, Poland, Inmates lying on bunks in a barrack, after the liberation

Auschwitz, Poland, Inmates lying on bunks in a barrack, after the liberation
Auschwitz-Birkenau, women and children deemed "unfit for work" being led unknowingly to Gas Chamber #4
Auschwitz-Birkenau, women and children deemed "unfit for work" being led unknowingly to Gas Chamber #4

Auschwitz-Birkenau, women and children deemed "unfit for work" being led unknowingly to Gas Chamber #4
Jews standing in line to receive Swiss letters of protection. The "Glass House", 29 Vadász Street, Budapest, 1944
Jews standing in line to receive Swiss letters of protection. The "Glass House", 29 Vadász Street, Budapest, 1944

Jews standing in line to receive Swiss letters of protection. The "Glass House", 29 Vadász Street, Budapest, 1944
Budapest, Hungary, Jewish intellctuals and industrialists in detention camp.
Budapest, Hungary, Jewish intellctuals and industrialists in detention camp.

Budapest, Hungary, Jewish intellctuals and industrialists in detention camp.
Budapest, Hungary, Carl Lutz at the entrance to his home.
Budapest, Hungary, Carl Lutz at the entrance to his home.

Budapest, Hungary, Carl Lutz at the entrance to his home.