From Mount Herzl Har HaZikkaron Street leads to Har Hazikkaron, the Hill of Remembrance, with Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial to the Jews murdered by the Nazis. The name Yad Vashem means "a memorial and a name" - referring to the words of the prophet Isaiah: "Thus saith the Lord, ... Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off" (Isaiah 56,4-5). The decision to create this memorial to the millions of victims of the Nazi regime was taken by the Knesset in 1953. It was built by the Office for the Commemoration of Martyrs and Heroes and inaugurated in 1957. The main building on the site is Ohel Yizkor (Remembrance Tent), which serves as a place of communion with the memory of the Sho'a victims. The museum reviews the chain of events, starting with the rise of the Nazis to power up until the end of the war.
The new museum - The New Museum consists of the Holocaust History Museum-and within it the Hall of Names- the Museum of Holocaust Art, and the Exhibitions Pavilion. A decade in the making, the new Holocaust History Museum combines the best of Yad Vashem’s expertise, resources and state-of-the-art exhibits to take Holocaust remembrance well into the 21st century .
From Mount Herzl Har HaZikkaron Street leads to Har Hazikkaron, the Hill of Remembrance, with Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial to the Jews murdered by the Nazis. The name Yad Vashem means "a memorial and a name" - referring to the words of the prophet Isaiah: "Thus saith the Lord, ... Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off" (Isaiah 56,4-5). The decision to create this memorial to the millions of victims of the Nazi regime was taken by the Knesset in 1953. It was built by the Office for the Commemoration of Martyrs and Heroes and inaugurated in 1957. The main building on the site is Ohel Yizkor (Remembrance Tent), which serves as a place of communion with the memory of the Sho'a victims. The museum reviews the chain of events, starting with the rise of the Nazis to power up until the end of the war.