Yad Vashem has inaugurated its Holocaust Heritage Campus, featuring the state-of-the-art Collections Repository. Monday's ceremony was attended by President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council and Holocaust survivor Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan, former Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev, Holocaust survivors, and donor families. 2 View gallery Holocaust Heritage Campus opening ceremony at Yad Vashem ( Photo: Amit Garon ) "Since its founding, Yad Vashem has aspired to be a place that collects, preserves, and tells the story of our brothers and sisters who were murdered in the Holocaust.
Today, we mark another significant milestone in this long journey with the opening of the campus and the Collections Repository named after the Moshal and Shapell families," said President Herzog. "Many of the items in the campus have been entrusted to Yad Vashem over the years, with the goal of giving a voice and identity back to the victims. Each item carries a story – a story of life, hope and pain.
These items connect us to the past, reminding us of our responsibility to remember and to remind others. Each one of them is a memorial pillar that cannot be toppled, a message that the past sends to the present and future. Our duty is to continue to keep this memory alive, to give it the respect it deserves, and to preserve and make it accessible for those who were, those who will be, and for all of human.
