Now on the Mount of Remembrance - The Book of Names of Holocaust Victims

 

"A name for eternity" - Yad Vashem's Book of Names.

Quoting from a recent email:

In a massive endeavor spanning seven decades, Yad Vashem has worked to gather the names of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. The Book of Names of Holocaust Victims is the unique result of meticulous and painstaking work that commemorates 4,800,000 men, women and children whose details have been gathered and uncovered over the years. Every name, date of birth, hometown and place of death is clearly printed and illuminated by a gentle beam of light that shines from between the pages.

Recently, the Book of Names of Holocaust Victims was inaugurated on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem in the presence of President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog, Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, and other Holocaust Survivors.

The public is invited to come view - and touch - Book of Names of Holocaust Victims, now on permanent display on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. Admission is free.

During my recent research into my Jewish ancestry, I discovered name after name of those who were killed in the Holocaust or the Shoah. With each name, I had a deep feeling of sadness. No longer is the Holocaust something that happened to others, it happened to me and parts of my own family.