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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.

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"They Say There Is a Land"

Longings for Eretz Israel during the Holocaust

The exhibition focuses on the longing for Eretz Israel of the Jewish people in 1933-1948 from the rise of the Nazi Party to power, the outbreak of World War II and the destruction of European Jewry, to the end of the war and the establishment of the State of Israel.

Illegal immigrants on the deck of the Pan York on the day they arrived in Israel, August 14, 1948
Illegal immigrants on the deck of the Pan York on the day they arrived in Israel, August 14, 1948

Yad Vashem Collections

ready2print exhibition "'They Say There Is a Land': Longings for Eretz Israel during the Holocaust" displayed at the Nofei Prat Community Center, Israel
ready2print exhibition "'They Say There Is a Land': Longings for Eretz Israel during the Holocaust" displayed at the Nofei Prat Community Center, Israel

ready2print exhibition "'They Say There Is a Land' displayed at the "Ort-Guttman" Junior High School, Israel
ready2print exhibition "'They Say There Is a Land' displayed at the "Ort-Guttman" Junior High School, Israel