Editing Yad Vashem (section)

==Architecture==
[[File:Israel-2013(2)-Jerusalem-Yad Vashem-Prism Skylight 01.jpg|thumb|Prism skylight]]
The first architect involved in the design of Yad Vashem was [[Munio Weinraub]], who worked on the project from 1943 till the 1960s, together with his architectural partner [[Alfred Mansfeld|Al Mansfield]].<ref name=1942plan/> He was approached for this purpose by Mordechai Shenhavi, the initiator and first director of the institution.<ref name=1942plan/> Weinraub's plans were not realised as a whole, but some of his ideas are visible in Yad Vashem today.<ref name=1942plan>{{cite news |author= Esther Zandberg |title= Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem Was Already Being Planned in 1942 |date= 31 January 2014 |newspaper= Haaretz |url= https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-plan-for-yad-vashem-already-drafted-1942-1.5317288 |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>

The new Holocaust History Museum, designed by [[Moshe Safdie]], is shaped like a triangular concrete [[Prism (optics)|prism]] that cuts through the landscape, illuminated by a {{convert|200|m|ft|0|sp=us|adj=mid|-long}} skylight. Visitors follow a preset route that takes them through underground galleries that branch off from the main hall.<ref name=Ser/> Safdie is also the architect behind the [[Monument to the children in Yad Vashem|Children's Memorial]] and the Deportees (cattle-car) Memorial.

The gates are the work of the sculptor David Palombo (1920–1966).