HOLOCAUST MONUMENTS

MEMORIAL TO THE MURDER JEWS OF EUROPE

Located in Berlin, Germany 19,000 square metres One of the most recognized Holocaust

memorials

SECRET ANNEX MUSEUM

The entire annex is about 550 square feet

The house was established in 1635 However, it was made into a museum

in 1960

YAD VASHEM

Israel’s official Jewish Memorial for the Holocaust

Yad Vashem honors non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews

Receives one million visitors annually

HALL OF NAMES

Memorial to the 6 million Jews affected by the Holocaust

Houses 2.5 million pages of testimony 600 pictures of victims of the Holocaust

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MUSEUM Official Holocaust memorial for the

United States Located in Washington D.C. Since it’s opening in 1993 the USHMM

has welcome more than 30 million visitors

AUSCHWITZ –BIRKENAU STATE MUSEUM Became a museum in 1947 1.4 million visitors in 2012 Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Cover 191

hectares of land

WHY ARE MONUMENTS SO IMPORTANT?

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