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This
unique memorial, hollowed out from an underground cavern, is a tribute to the
approximately 1.5 million Jewish children who perished during the Holocaust.
Memorial candles, a customary Jewish tradition to remember the dead, are
reflected infinitely in a dark and somber space, creating the impression of
millions of stars shining in the firmament. The names of murdered children,
their ages and countries of origin can be heard in the background.
The children's names are taken from Pages
of Testimony in the Hall
of Names, Yad Vashem.
The Children's Memorial
was designed by architect Moshe Safdie and built with the generous donation of
Abe and Edita Spiegel, whose son Uziel was murdered in Auschwitz at the age of
two and a half.
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