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Like other sculptures created by Yigael Tumarkin, the Jordan Valley Memorial Monument, erected to commemorate hundreds of Israeli soldiers who died fighting terrorists in the years immediately…
Contributor:
Yigael Tumarkin
Places:
Jordan Valley, Israel
Date:
1972
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Far, far from the paved roads and broad ways, far, far from the ordinary shtetls, stood isolated villages that had a different sky over them and a different sun.
The God of heaven in His mercy made…
Contributor:
Hillel Zeitlin
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1919
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The Hall of Remembrance is the main site for memorial ceremonies in Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. Built of basalt and concrete, it offers a somber contrast with the many buildings in Israel that are made of…
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Aryeh Elhanani
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1961
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In 1976, Safdie was appointed by Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority to design a museum at Yad Vashem devoted to the 1.5 million children who were murdered in the Holocaust…
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Moshe Safdie
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1987
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Berl Katznelson did much to foster the awareness of “Yizkor” and its literature in the twenty years after Tel Hai, through an explicit reference to the chain of Jewish martyrology and heroism and a…
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Emanuel Sivan
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1991