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January 11, 2018       Share:    

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5257109/Israel-honours-fallen-understated-architectural-gem.html

Israel Honors Its Fallen with an Architectural Gem

(AFP-Daily Mail-UK) The recently opened National Memorial Hall for Israel's Fallen next to the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem has been included on a list of finalists for the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects' 2018 international prize. A curved, 250-meter wall contains thousands of bricks with the names and date of death of the more than 23,000 fallen men and women from Israel's security services killed in the line of duty. A small light bulb juxtaposed to each engraved brick enables it to be lit on the date of the person's death, as per the Jewish tradition to light a candle. It is the first time Israel has commemorated the memory of all its fallen service people in one site, said Yair Ben Shalom, director of the site for the Defense Ministry.

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