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<\/a><\/p>\n“I will put my breath into you and you shall live again, and I will set you upon your own soil….” <\/em>Ezekiel 37:14 \u00a0Carved in stone, the statement greeted us as we walked into the reception building.<\/p>\n The Holocaust Museum was designed in the shape of a triangular prism and built into the top of a hill known as the Mount of Remembrance. \u00a0Yad Vashem is Israel’s memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. The museum was dedicated in 2005 and consists of a long corridor connected to 10 exhibition halls, each describing a different chapter of the Holocaust in chronological order.<\/p>\n Photography was not permitted inside the museum. \u00a0One million visitors go the Yad Vashem annually to learn about the deplorable events of the Holocaust and remember people who died under tragic and horrendous circumstances. \u00a0The exhibits in the museum are excellent with videos, memorabilia, artifacts, and maps. \u00a0Walking slowly through the chronological events was extremely sad for me.<\/p>\n After going through the museum, we met with a survivor of the Holocaust. \u00a0She had just published her memoirs and related the story about her childhood in Poland, losing her parents and siblings, and finally being rescued from a concentration camp when she was ten years old. \u00a0She had lived in Denmark before moving to the United States. \u00a0She eventually married and had four children, twelve grandchildren, and now has 22 great grandchildren. \u00a0She is a true survivor!<\/p>\n Afterwards, we drove to The Israel Museum which is a huge complex of art galleries and archaeology museums. \u00a0Our first stop was the Model of Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period. \u00a0This is a scale model of the city prior to its destruction by the Romans in 66AD.<\/p>\n It was a fantastic model of Jerusalem, when the ancient city was more than twice the size of the Old City today. \u00a0After this time period, the Great Revolt against the Romans took place and Jerusalem was destroyed as well as the Temple.<\/p>\n The model was completed in 1966 and relocated to the museum in 2006. \u00a0According to a plaque, the model is continuously updated as more archeological excavations are uncovered and improve scientists’ understanding of ancient Jerusalem.<\/p>\n Entrance to The Shrine of the Book:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n