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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Jerusalem, Jerusalem (national district), Israelen_US
dc.coverage.temporalopened 2005 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorSafdie, Mosheen_US
dc.date1993-2005en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-18T21:17:56Z
dc.date.available2013-12-18T21:17:56Z
dc.date.issued1993-2005en_US
dc.identifier241809en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2882en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/150098
dc.descriptionPathway between enclosure all on the right and the tower area, with pergola arching overhead; Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament. The museum, designed by Moshe Safdie, is shaped like a triangular concrete "prism" that cuts through the landscape, illuminated by a 200-meter long skylight. Visitors follow a preset route that takes them through underground galleries that branch off from the main hall. Visitors are guided into the galleries by a series of impassable gaps that extend along the breadth of the prism floor. With the help of this interior design by Dorit Harel, key turning points in the history of the Holocaust are highlighted. The complex contains the Holocaust History Museum, memorial sites such as the Children's Memorial and the Hall of Remembrance, The Museum of Holocaust Art, sculptures, outdoor commemorative sites such as the Valley of the Communities, a synagogue, archives, a research institute, library, publishing house and an educational center, The International School for Holocaust Studies. Yad Vashem also honors non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, at personal risk, as the Righteous Among the Nations. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/2/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumsteel; glass; reinforced concreteen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectHolocausten_US
dc.subjectWorld War, 1939-1945en_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleYad Vashem; Holocaust History Museumen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-SM-YV-A05en_US
vra.culturalContextIsraelien_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypehistoric siteen_US
vra.worktypememorialen_US
vra.worktypemuseumen_US
dc.contributor.displayMoshe Safdie (Canadian architect, born 1938)en_US


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