Petr Ginz, Yad Vashem. . .

last post was inspired by my visit(s) to Yad Vashem. I wound up visiting twice because when I showed up at the Herzl museum two days after I'd been at YV I found out that the museum was by appt only, and that the next tour was two hours later. What to do? I returned to YV, a ten minute walk away, to go through the parts of the Holocaust History museum I hadn't managed to cover. Holocaust History Museum is the recent addition to Yad Vashem. In the final room, just before the exit, visitors are given a chance to reflect as various quotes attributed to Holocaust victims and survivors appear on the screen. Among these quotes was the one by Korczak in my last post. There's quite a bit on him in the museum, hence the post. There's also a lot on Petr Ginz, whose drawing, the "Moon Landscape," journeyed to space with Israeli astronaut Col. Ilan Ramon on the doomed U.S. Columbia Space Shuttle. In general, all the tesimony from children Holocaust victims was especially poignant. But onto happier things--next post.