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When we consider the quotidian life of our society, it is impossible to ignore the phenomenon of “avoidance”; namely, it seems that the public at large is unwilling to think too much about the…
Tumarkin’s Holocaust and Revival Monument is a large, inverted pyramid balanced on its point, originally made of corten (or, weathered) steel and glass. (Its glass panels were removed a few years…
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…
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…
Although Bergner did not personally experience the Holocaust, it was a recurring theme in his art. Here, in a painting in the style of a child’s drawing, a child wearing a hat, typical of others seen…
Kibbutz Netzer Sereni was established by Holocaust survivors from the Buchenwald concentration camp. In fact, its original name was Kibbutz Buchenwald. It is now named for Enzo Sereni, an Italian…
