Forest of the Martyrs
The Forest of Martyrs ( Hebrew יַעַר הַקְּדוֹשִׁים Jaʿar ha-Qdōšīm ) is a forest near Jerusalem in Israel . It is a forest near Beit Meir with six million trees that symbolize the Jews who were murdered by the National Socialists in the Holocaust .
The forest was planted in 1951. In the middle of the forest in the Jerusalem Mountains there has been a monument by Nathan Rappaport since 1974 , which shows the history of the Jews from the beginning up to the Six Day War and is called the Scroll of Fire .
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Information signs
Forest of the Martyrs
Information board
Web links
- Scroll of Fire (English)
- Remembrance Day in the Martyrs' Forest (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jewish National Fund , accessed July 5, 2009
Commons : Yaar Hakdoshim - collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 31 ° 46 ′ 50 ″ N , 35 ° 3 ′ 40 ″ E