Rabbi G. Goldstein

( rabbigg@gmail.com )

 

"...A voice was heard from on high, lamentation and bitter weeping Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted for her children, because they are not."

Jeremiah LXXX:14 Passage inscribed on The Children's Memorial

The Chamber of the Holocaust was founded together with the State of Israel by former Director-General of the Ministry of Religion and Curator of Mt. Zion, Rabbi Dr. S. Z. Kahana. It is maintained by the Diaspora Yeshiva on Mount Zion.

Entering the Chamber of the Holocaust on Mt. Zion, one immediately senses an identity with the recent past of the Jewish people, a history at once awesome and tragic. Tablets of over 1,000 communities, now bereft of Jews, look down beseechingly upon you. They cry out to be remembered, asking your involvement, calling for your connection to your people's past. The tablets are like eyes, awaiting your reaction. They urge you to open your heart to memory, to explore your roots and find your ancestral community.

The Chamber is a call back from death and a pledge to the future. Each name represents the soul and body of a Jew, of many Jews, who died for the sake of their people, who uttered G-d's name in sanctity and holiness.

Walk among the tablets, some of which represent over 16,000 bereaved families, read their story, say a prayer of Kaddish and above all, find your connection to the living body of the Jewish people today.

This is none other than the House of the L-rd - How full of awe is this place...Genesis 28:17

 

***Exhibitions***

The Bergen-Belsen Memorial Built by the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors.

 

The Sochovoliah Marble Monument In memory of the destroyed synagogue of this Polish community.

 

The Candle Memorial to the Six Million who perished in the holocaust.

 

Tomb of our Brothers A light constantly burns over this marble tomb in memory of the largest concentration camps in Europe.

 

Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Features the flag held by the partisans in their struggle against the Nazis.

 

Artifacts Salvaged from the Destruction Glass windows display the artifacts salvaged by lsraei's former Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Herzog. On display are the following pieces: 1. Yellow arm patches 2. Jacket sewn from Torah Parchments, which a Nazi officer wore to a ball in order to infuriate the Jews. Revenge was taken by the Jewish tailor forced to desecrate the holy scrolls. He chose Leviticus XXVI as his "cloth," a chapter enumerating all the curses possible of being brought into the world. 3. Shoe soles, bags, envelopes and drums made from Torah scrolls 4. Siddur of Beryle-the "prayer-book" of a boy who, knowing only the "Aleph-Bet" prayed that G-d would join his letters into meaningful prayers.

 

Jacket of Desecration Sewn from Torah Parchments A Nazi officer wore this to a ball in order to infuriate the Jews. Revenge was taken by the Jewish tailor forced to desecrate the holy scrolls. He chose Leviticus XXVI as his "cloth," a chapter enumerating all the curses possible of being brought into the world.

 

Torah Scroll of Tunisian Jews This scroll from Gerba, North Africa is stained with blood of its martyrs.

 

Symbolic Gas Oven Furnaces in which the Six Million died.

 

Ashes and Soap from the Jewish Martyrs whose dying words proclaimed their faith in the coming of the Messiah.

 

The Memorial to the Yellow Patch that the Jews of the Ghetto were forced to wear.

 

The Children's Memorial To the memory of l,200,000 children murdered by the Nazis.

 

Courtyard of Annihilation Each plaque which lines the courtyard walls commemorates the destruction of a Jewish community.

 

Martyrs Monument of Tzurtkov, Poland Engraved on the stone monument is the name of the town and a picture of its synagogue. The locked metal box on the top of the stone contains the names of the martyrs.

 

The Italian Jewish Martyrs Monument

 

Anti-Semitic collection of hate literature by present day Neo-Nazi and Jewish hate groups.

 

Oskar Schindler's Grave-site on Mount Zion The Hebrew Inscription Reads: A Righteous Man Among the Gentiles: The German Inscription reads: The Unforgettable Savior of the Lives of 1200 Hunted Jews

 

Pre-Holocaust Synagogues

 

 

The List of Over
One Thousand Perished Jewish Communities
Enshrined on The Chamber Walls in Everlasting Memory

 

Pre-Holocaust Synagogues