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Sunday to Thursday: ‬09:00-17:00

Fridays and Holiday eves: ‬09:00-14:00

Yad Vashem is closed on Saturdays and all Jewish Holidays.

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  4. Jewish Brigade tag and identity discs belonging to Shmuel Gafni from Kibbutz Mishmarot

Jewish Brigade tag and identity discs belonging to Shmuel Gafni from Kibbutz Mishmarot

Jewish Brigade tag and identity discs belonging to Shmuel Gafni from Kibbutz Mishmarot, who enlisted to fight the Nazis
Jewish Brigade tag and identity discs belonging to Shmuel Gafni from Kibbutz Mishmarot, who enlisted to fight the Nazis

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Leah Prais, Petach Tikvah, Israel

Jewish Brigade tag and identity discs belonging to Shmuel Gafni from Kibbutz Mishmarot, who enlisted to fight the Nazis
Shmuel Gafni (right) with his fellow soldiers in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army
Shmuel Gafni (right) with his fellow soldiers in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army

Shmuel Gafni (right) with his fellow soldiers in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army
06. Resistance and RescueAllied armies
Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum

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