Forest of the Martyrs

Forest of the Martyrs
יער הקדושים
Scroll of Fire Monument in the Forest of the Martyrs
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Locationoutskirts of West Jerusalem, Israel
Opening date1951
Dedicated toThe victims of the Holocaust

Forest of the Martyrs (Hebrew: יער הקדושים, romanizedYa'ar HaKdoshim) is a forest on the outskirts of West Jerusalem, Israel. It is on the western edge of the Jerusalem Forest near Beit Meir. It was planted as a memorial to those who died in the Holocaust and contains six million trees, symbolizing the six million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II.


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