Children's Memorial, Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem, Israel
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At Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, architect Moshe Safdie designed the Children's Memorial in 1987 to commemorate the approximately 1.5 million children and adolescents murdered during the Holocaust. The cenotaph begins with white broken stelae of varying heights, symbolizing lives cut short by the Nazis. The main chamber is entirely mirrored, with five candles whose reflections create an illusion of infinite space. As visitors move through the sparse candlelight, a looped recording recites the names, ages, and places of death of the deceased—a recitation that spans three months in its entirety. The memorial's name, drawn from Isaiah 56:5, means "monument and name," affirming that each child is remembered with an eternal identity.
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- Yad Vashem, Israel
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