Jewish National Fund | Builders Circle - Building Israel Together
Barracks at Beit Haedut Holocaust Museum
PROJECTS | Education
- PROJECT COST: $110,000
- PROJECT PAGE: BARRACKS- BEIT HAEDUT
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Who you will help
Beit Haedut, in Nir Galim, is a museum and educational centre established to commemorate the Holocaust. The museum serves as a powerful symbol of resilience - it was built by Holocaust survivors almost 30 years ago. Every year, Beit Haedut hosts 10,000s of students, soldiers, officers and others who come to learn about the the atrocities in this dark period of Jewish history, connect more deeply with the subject, and meet survivors.
Your donation will fund
Recently, JNF helped fund the construction of an open-air exhibit at the museum, allowing visitors to enter an actual train car used in the transportation of Jews to the extermination camps. There is now an opportunity to add to this project with the creation of an interior model of a Birkenau hut. This new feature will give visitors a chance for an experiental lesson that allow for a deeper understanding of history.
After visiting the train car and watching a tour of Birkenau through virtual reality glasses, students will enter a replica of a hut from the Birkenau concentration camp. In this room, students will learn the process of becoming a prisoner and their daily lives in the horror of the holocaust. They will be confronted by the sites of shaving, tattooing, parades and work marches.Location
Nir Galim, located on the coast about 40km south of Tel Aviv, is an agricultural moshav founded by Holocaust survivors.
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