Above is the final view from the Yad Vashem Historical Museum, which commemorates the six million Jews killed by the Nazis. Among beautiful grounds and numerous memorials, the historical museum appears to be a massive A-framed structure. Inside, the visitor looks down a tunnel, which begins with happy videos of everyday life before the war, descends into the horror of Hitler's Final Solution and rises up again toward a large balcony that overlooks the Judean hills that you see above. Our guide told us this was intentional. The memorial is not about hatred, it's about remembering the victims, he said, and looking up and forward to a better future. The museum was filled with young IDF soldiers, who are frequently taken on outings to museums and other cultural events as part of their two year military service for Israel.
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