Yad Vashem

Today we went to the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum. It presented the story of the Holocaust from a Jewish perspective, with the individual stories highlighted in the narrative. Using authentic artifacts, testimonies, photographs, film clips, works of art and music, the museum successfully weaves the stores of those who were persecuted and suffered during this dark period of time.

I have to admit that the museum was put together well and presented the story of the Holocaust in a very interesting way. The museum is a prism-like triangular shape that penetrates a mountain, with both ends cantilevering into the open air. To see all of the exhibits, one would have to move in a zig-zag path as the route of the museum travels down a central path from which the "chapters" branch out on either side. As one is in the museum, one can see the "light at the end of the tunnel" but one cannot reach it yet, as he or she has to witness the atrocities of the Holocaust. It is not until the end when one reaches the exit and has a dramatic view of Jerusalem.