Valley of the Communities
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The Valley of the Communities is a massive open-air monument at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem commemorating the destroyed Jewish communities of Europe and North Africa during the Holocaust.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Valley of the Communities canonical | 6 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust memorial
ⓘ
open-air monument ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | brutalist-influenced landscape architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Holocaust memorials in Israel
ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in Jerusalem ⓘ YadVashem ⓘ
surface form:
Yad Vashem
|
| coordinateLocation | 31.774°N 35.175°E ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
destroyed Jewish communities of Europe
ⓘ
destroyed Jewish communities of North Africa ⓘ victims of the Holocaust ⓘ |
| genre | memorial architecture ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfCommunitiesCommemorated | over 5000 ⓘ |
| hasArchitect |
Dan Zur
ⓘ
Lipa Yahalom ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ other European languages ⓘ |
| hasPart |
labyrinthine passageways
ⓘ
open-air plazas ⓘ stone walls bearing names of Jewish communities ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
YadVashem
ⓘ
surface form:
central memorial site at Yad Vashem
|
| inception | 1992 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Israel
ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ YadVashem ⓘ
surface form:
Yad Vashem
|
| materialUsed |
Jerusalem stone
ⓘ
concrete ⓘ |
| memorialFor | Jewish communities annihilated or decimated between 1939 and 1945 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust ⓘ |
| operator |
YadVashem
ⓘ
surface form:
Yad Vashem
|
| ownedBy |
YadVashem
ⓘ
surface form:
Yad Vashem
|
| partOf |
YadVashem
ⓘ
surface form:
Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial complex
|
| purpose |
commemoration
ⓘ
education about the Holocaust ⓘ |
| significantEvent | official opening ceremony in 1992 ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | Jerusalem Forest ⓘ |
| theme |
Holocaust remembrance
ⓘ
commemoration of destroyed Jewish communities ⓘ |
| topicalConcept |
Jewish history
ⓘ
Holocaust ⓘ
surface form:
Shoah
World War II ⓘ |
| visitorAccess | open to the public ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.