Inauguration of the new Museum of Holocaust Art

On 15 March, the new Museum of Holocaust Art was inaugurated in the presence of donors Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson (USA) and Presidente of Israel Moshe Katsav. Yad Vashem’s collection of Holocaust art is the largest and most wide-ranging collection in the world, comprising some 10,000 works, most of them from the Holocaust period. The new Museum of Holocaust Art will allow this collection to be properly displayed, focusing only on the works created during the Shoah. Different spaces are dedicated to exhibits according to subject, focusing on the human image as well as views of ghettos and camps, inside and outside. Adjacent to the exhibition hall is the worlds’ first computerized archive and information center regarding Shoah art and artists.
The works displayed are not just testimonial; they express an awesome creative power. The artists who produced them knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to express all they wished to say in a few lines etched on paper.

Left to right: Mrs. Gila Katsav, Avner Shalev, President Moshe Katsav, Sheldon and MIriam Adelson