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Dedication of the Partisans’ Panorama
As part of the Jubilee Events held the week of September 14th, Yad Vashem dedicated the Partisans’ Panorama, made possible by Julia and Isidore Karten’s generous legacy and a major contribution from their children. The Panorama overlooks the Jerusalem forest as well as Yad Vashem’s Valley of the Communities. “The Panorama is a wonderful tribute to my parents,” says daughter, Bernice (Karten) Bookhamer. “Even more so, it honors all the Jewish partisans who resisted bravely and saved many from the Nazis.” Son, Harry Karten agrees: “The setting—overlooking the Valley of the Communities—is not only beautiful, but symbolic. My parents looked out onto the surrounding communities from deep within the forest.”
A special feature of the Partisans' Panorama is the sculpture of the silhouette of a tree that towers six meters high. The tree is alive with the figures of hundreds of men, women and children, camouflaged in its branches and disappearing amongst its foliage. The people are the tree – its trunk is rooted in the ground and the human branches are an expression of growth and hope: the hope of the partisans to survive and to fight against the Germans. Zadok Ben-David is the sculptor.
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