A huge $12,000,000 memorial to commemorate Jews murdered by the Nazis as well as Jewish soldiers who fell on all fronts will be erected in Palestine by a group called “Yad Woshem,” which held an organizing meeting here today.
The $12,000,000 will be raised within three years through a drive to be conducted throughout the world. The project involves the erection of two buildings –Palace Yiskor, commemorating the annihilated Jewish communities, and Palace of the Heroes, commemorating the Jewish war heroes as well as guerilla fighters and participants in ghetto uprisings–and a synagogue, all inter-connected and surrounded by a forest.
The memorial will be built on one of the hills surrounding Jerusalem and will be topped by an eternal light. Records of civilian Jews and annihilated communities will be placed in Palace Yiskor, while records of Jewish war heroes will be placed in the Palace of the Heroes. A library will also be established, containing documents on Jewish sufferings, destruction and annihilation.
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