Chamber of the Holocaust in Jerusalem


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Any tourist's trip to Jerusalem will be incomplete without a visit to the Chamber of Holocaust in Jerusalem. This museum of Jerusalem was built in memory of those six million Jews who died untimely death in Europe before and during the Second World War. The Chamber of Holocaust in Jerusalem is a small museum founded together by the State of Israel, former Director-General of the Ministry of Religion and the curator of Mount Zion.

When you enter the Chamber of the Holocaust at Jerusalem on Mount Zion, the history of pain, torture and death unfolds in front of your eyes. The Chamber of Holocaust of Jerusalem takes you for a tour of the time when humanity cried for justice. All the memorabilia asks you to remember them and drop a tear or two at their tragic end.

The most important things in the Chamber of the Holocaust in Jerusalem are the exhibits. These are:

  -   Bergen-Belsen Memorial: It was built by the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors.
  -   Sochovoliah - This monument remembers the synagogue in Poland which was destroyed.
  -   Candle Memorial to the six million who were killed
  -   Tomb of our Brothers: A remembrance of the concentration camps in Europe
  -   Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: It has a flag remembering the struggle of the partisans with the Nazis
  -   Artifacts Salvaged from the destruction: Here you will find yellow arm patches, shoe soles, bags etc made from Torah scrolls and Siddur of Beryle the prayer book of a boy
  -   Jacket of Desecration: A jacket sewn from Torah Parchments having the chapter dealing with all the possible curses
  -   Torah Scroll of Tunisian Jews stained with the blood of the martyrs
  -   Symbolic gas ovens
  -   Ashes and soaps made from the ashes of the martyrs
  -   Yellow Patch Monument which is a memorial to the Jews of Ghetto
  -   The Children's Memorial dedicated to those kids who were killed
  -   Courtyard of Annihilation with plaques commemorating the dead
  -   Monument to Tzurtkov, Poland engraved with the name of the town and the picture of the synagogue
  -   Italian Jewish Martyrs monument
  -   Collection of anti-Semitic hate literature
  -   Oskar Schindler grave list
  -   Plaque to Aden, Africa which remembers the destruction of the Jews by the Arabs in 1948
  -   Deerskin Torah scrolls
  -   Scrolls of destruction remembering the wiped out families
  -   Reference Books of Nazi Persecution documenting the history of the destruction compiled by the survivors
  -   Plaque Rooms with Yarhzeit Memorial plaques

So do not miss the best sight of all the tourist attractions of Jerusalem while on a trip to Jerusalem.

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