Yad Vashem is a museum-university-memorial to what Israeli's refer to as the Shoah or "burning." I have been there 3-4 times as a teacher and as an explorer desiring to unlock the fundamental problems that the Holocaust presents to rational and ethical human beings.
There are certain parts of Yad Vashem that will always remain with me. There is a room that is totally dark except for one, small pocket of light that is refracted and reflected off mirrors to present millions of smaller pieces of light into the dark room...Each tiny piece of light is meant to represent each child that died in the Holocaust.
Another section is a garden that memorializes the "Righteous Among the Nations" or gentiles (non-jews) that risked death to help save Jewish lives. Yad Vashem as a university explores these cases using historical methods to bestow the title of Righteous Among the Nations to individuals who acted courageously in the face of genocide.
I urge you to explore this web site and to keep in mind a cultures necessity in collecting their histories for future generations.
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