• Search

  • Menu

  • Shop

  • Languages

  • Accessibility
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.

Drive to Yad Vashem:
Navigate to Yad Vashem with waze
Navigate to Yad Vashem with Google
For more Visiting Information click here
  1. Home
  2. Friends
  3. International Relations Division Desks
  4. United Kingdom
  5. Visits
  6. 2012

2012

The Yad Vashem - UK Foundation co-sponsored 20 teachers of primary and secondary Jewish students to attend a weeklong seminar at Yad Vashem in February 2012
The Yad Vashem - UK Foundation co-sponsored 20 teachers of primary and secondary Jewish students to attend a weeklong seminar at Yad Vashem in February 2012

The group included non-Jewish as well as ultra-orthodox teachers. Eminent academic lecturers and presenters created a rich and varied program that covered all aspects of the Holocaust from Jewish life before the Shoah to the return to life of the survivors

April 9, 2012. Ian Livingston (fifth from left), CEO of British Telecom, visited the Holocaust History Museum together with his wife and relatives. He also met with Yad Vashem CIO Michael Lieber for a briefing on technology in use at Yad Vashem
April 9, 2012. Ian Livingston (fifth from left), CEO of British Telecom, visited the Holocaust History Museum together with his wife and relatives. He also met with Yad Vashem CIO Michael Lieber for a briefing on technology in use at Yad Vashem

Accompanied by his wife Lucy, Phillip Morelle (right), son of Yad Vashem Builder Steve Morelle z”l, visited the Holocaust History on 15 April 2012. He also attended the Holocaust Remembrance Day official opening ceremony on 18 April 2012.
Accompanied by his wife Lucy, Phillip Morelle (right), son of Yad Vashem Builder Steve Morelle z”l, visited the Holocaust History on 15 April 2012. He also attended the Holocaust Remembrance Day official opening ceremony on 18 April 2012.

Simon Bentley (second from right), Chairman of the Yad Vashem-UK Foundation, visited the Holocaust History Museum in April 2012 accompaniedby his wife, daughter and friends
Simon Bentley (second from right), Chairman of the Yad Vashem-UK Foundation, visited the Holocaust History Museum in April 2012 accompaniedby his wife, daughter and friends

Jonathan Ferster (right) visited Yad Vashem on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012, accompanied by his his brother and sister-in-law, Warren and Sharon Ferster
Jonathan Ferster (right) visited Yad Vashem on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012, accompanied by his his brother and sister-in-law, Warren and Sharon Ferster

During a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance, they read out the names of their murdered relatives. They completed their visit with a tour of the Yad Vashem Archives and Museum Complex

On June 5, 2012 Founder and Chairman of Linn Products, Ivor Siegmund Tiefenbrun MBE (center), visited Yad Vashem’s Holocaust History Museum accompanied by his wife Evelyn Tiefenbrun (left).
On June 5, 2012 Founder and Chairman of Linn Products, Ivor Siegmund Tiefenbrun MBE (center), visited Yad Vashem’s Holocaust History Museum accompanied by his wife Evelyn Tiefenbrun (left).

They also visited Yad Vashem’s Archives, where Ivor was presented with copies of documents relating to his grandfather Siegmund z”l, after whom he was named, who was murdered in Buchenwald.

Michael Gee (center), Yad Vashem Benefactor and head of The Archie Sherman Charitable Trust, visited Yad Vashem on June 12, 2012. He was given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Artifacts Collection, and met with Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev
Michael Gee (center), Yad Vashem Benefactor and head of The Archie Sherman Charitable Trust, visited Yad Vashem on June 12, 2012. He was given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Artifacts Collection, and met with Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev

On 26 June 2012, David Gradel presented Yad Vashem with the Wallenberg Maquette, a maquette of the monument created by British artist Philip Jackson erected in London’s Great Cumberland Place
On 26 June 2012, David Gradel presented Yad Vashem with the Wallenberg Maquette, a maquette of the monument created by British artist Philip Jackson erected in London’s Great Cumberland Place

The original was unveiled in London in 1997, in the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, President of Israel Ezer Weizmann, Princess Christina of Sweden and Secretary-General of the UN Kofi Annan. The maquette was generously donated to Yad Vashem by Milla Gradel and Maurice Djanogly OBE to mark 100 years since the birth of Raoul Wallenberg

Chairman of UJIA (United Jewish Israel Appeal) and the Jewish Leadership Council, Xstrata CEO Mick Davis (fifth from right), during a tour of the Holocaust History Museum and Children’s Memorial on August 12, 2012
Chairman of UJIA (United Jewish Israel Appeal) and the Jewish Leadership Council, Xstrata CEO Mick Davis (fifth from right), during a tour of the Holocaust History Museum and Children’s Memorial on August 12, 2012

He was accompanied by his wife Barbara Davis (sixth from right) and family.

Yad Vashem Benefactors Gail and Colin Halpern (fourth and third from left) were accompanied by Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev on 20 August for the unveiling of a plaque in their honor at the entrance to the Archives Division
Yad Vashem Benefactors Gail and Colin Halpern (fourth and third from left) were accompanied by Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev on 20 August for the unveiling of a plaque in their honor at the entrance to the Archives Division

The Halperns are generously supporting the project to rescue the identities of individual victims of the Holocaust through the creation of unique online Virtual Personal Files.

Michael Dunkel (right) visited Yad Vashem on 10 June 2012 and met with staff to discuss the work of the Orion Foundation with Yad Vashem. He then took a behind-the-scenes tour of Yad Vashem's Archives with Archives Director Dr. Haim Gertner (left)
Michael Dunkel (right) visited Yad Vashem on 10 June 2012 and met with staff to discuss the work of the Orion Foundation with Yad Vashem. He then took a behind-the-scenes tour of Yad Vashem's Archives with Archives Director Dr. Haim Gertner (left)