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yad vashem – the holocaust martyrs’ and heroes’ remembrance authority – was established in 1953 by a law that set up a central institution dedicated to the study and commemoration of the nazis’ genocide of the jews and mandated its location in jerusalem. in 1957 a first building opened, and over the years a series of institutional spaces and memorials, gardens, and artworks were added. this culminated in spring of 2005 with the inauguration of a major new centerpiece, a museum of holocaust history and ancillary structures, designed by moshe safdie. this book explores how architecture copes with commemoration and discusses the work of one of today’s leading architects.