Okay, so this place totally reminded me of the Getty in LA when we first drove in. It was obviously nothing like the Getty inside though being it that its a holocaust museum. The architecture is really interesting. They didn't want the building to be taller than the top of the hill so they built it into the mountain.
We got here before they opened so we could walk around the outside without other tourists. Our Israeli teacher came with us and taught us much about the sights outside. These two sculptures represent the two different kinds of Jewish people during the Holocaust. The one of the left shows people with courage and are fighting against the Germans. The one on the right shows those who just accepted that they were in the hands of the Germans and just followed along without trying to fight back. After the holocaust ended, many people who represented the people on the right didn't want to let people know they were put into camps because they didn't want people to think less of them that they didn't fight and not be enslaved to the Germans.
With Jud outside a memorial.
Korozak and the Ghetto Children sculpture. This man left his wife and family to save the lives of the Jewish children in the Ghetto. They had a whole section dedicated to the children that died in the holocaust.
Below is a picture of Chrissy and I. Yes, we bought matching shirts that said 'Welcome to Israel' with Burt and Ernie.
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