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© Vladimir Levin, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2021 , (Negative/Photo.:   A464201)

A large marble plaque at the entrance to the cave bears the logo of the Jewish National Fund in Hebrew and contains an inscription in Hebrew and English:

מערת ההתייחדות
עם זכר ששת המיליונים של
אחינו בני ישראל וקהילותיהם
קרבנות הנאצים
בשנות
תרצ"ג - תש"ה
חנכוה אחי בני ברית
בועידתם העולמית
במדינת ישראל
כ"א אייר תשי"ט

פיליפ מ. קלוצניק    משה ביסגייר
נשיא               סגן נשיא
משה אלכסנדר
יו"ר הועדה למען ישראל
אפרים מונוסון
יו"ר הוועדה למען יער הקדושים
ישראל פארים כ"ץ
מנהל הוועדה למען ישראל

This shrine
for meditation and remembrance
is dedicated to the memory of
our six million brothers and sisters
who perished in the Nazi Holocaust
in the years
1933 - 1945
Consecrated by B'nai B'rith
on the occasion
of their International Convention
in the State of Israel
29 May 1959

Philip M. Klutznick  Maurice Bisgyer
              President          Exec. Vice President
Morris Alexander
Chairman Committee for Israel
Fred Monosson
Chairman Martyrs' Forest Committee
Philip E. Katz
Director Committee for Israel

Documenter
Vladimir Levin, Johanna Mangel | 2021
Author of description
Vladimir Levin | 2022
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B'nai B'rith Cave (Martyrs' Cave) in the Forest of the Martyrs | Unknown
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Object Detail
Plaque at the entrance to the cave
Completion Date
1955-1959
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Natural cave in a rock, marble plaques, Jerusalem stone
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The cave was planned in 1955, as testified by a plaque on the rock. It was concecrated on 29 May, 1959, during the International Convention of B'nai B'rith in Israel.

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