The Cattle Car - Memorial to the Deportees
The Cattle Car - Memorial to the Deportees is a memorial in Jerusalem District, Israel. The Cattle Car - Memorial to the Deportees is situated nearby to Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations, as well as near the scenic viewpoint The Partisan’s Panorama.Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: cenotaph by Moshe Safdie at Yad Vashem, commemorating all the deportees (a freight car on a bridge in the forest)
- Also known as: “HaKaron Monument”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yad Va’Shem and Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations.
Yad Va’Shem
Museum
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial institution to the victims of the Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; echoing the stories of the survivors; honoring Jews who fought against… Yad Va’Shem is situated 220 metres northeast of The Cattle Car - Memorial to the Deportees.
Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations
Garden
Photo: Proesi, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations is part of the much larger Yad Vashem complex located on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. Along with some two dozen different structures within the Yad Vashem memorial – which is the second most-visited…
Mount Herzl
Peak
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiryat HaYovel and Ein Kerem.
Kiryat HaYovel
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kiryat HaYovel is a neighborhood in southwestern Jerusalem on Mount Herzl. It was built in the early 1950s to house Jewish immigrants and refugees who fled the Arab world.
Ein Kerem
Photo: Ori229, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ein Kerem is a secluded village suburb on the outskirts of West Jerusalem. Surrounded by hills dotted with olive and cypress trees, the village is refreshingly quiet although only a 20-minute bus ride southwest of the city centre.
Yefe Nof
Suburb
Yefeh Nof is a neighborhood in west Jerusalem, founded in 1929. Together with Ramat Beit HaKerem and Givat Beit HaKerem, it is part of the larger Beit HaKerem neighborhood.
The Cattle Car - Memorial to the Deportees
- Categories: cenotaph and historic site
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.77314° or 31° 46′ 23″ northLongitude
35.17318° or 35° 10′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ5FF+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 5477091205OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q6595874
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In Other Languages
“The Cattle Car - Memorial to the Deportees” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת הקרון”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Partisan’s Panorama and Warsaw Ghetto Plaza.
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