The Memorial for the Last of Kin is a memorial site for the last last remaining Jews from the Holocaust that died in the 1948 Arab–Israeli war without a family. The monument is located in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem in the memory path that connects the National Military and Police Cemetery to Yad Vashem.
The monument was built in 2004 by the sculptor Micha Ullman in two parts. One part is a board with a shape of a roof with names. The second part is a sculpture of reverse house.
Mike Embley
Mike Embley (born 1955 in Surrey, England) is a British broadcast journalist, best known as a presenter for BBC World News, an international news and current affairs television channel operated by the BBC.
Embley was born in Surrey, England in 1955.
Before joining the BBC, Embley began his career training as a newspaper journalist with Thomson daily papers in Wales, on the South Wales Echo and the Western Mail. He began broadcasting in 1983, working for BBC Wales' "Wales Today", followed by the consumer affairs programme "Watchdog" in 1987, and "Public Eye" in 1989. Whilst working on "Public Eye", he was the first news reporter with a foreign crew to reach the San Francisco to report on the earthquake.
Embley later joined ITN's Channel Four News to work as a producer and reporter, before returning to the BBC as a reporter for the flagship One O'Clock, Six O'Clock and Nine O'Clock News bulletins. During this time, Embley also worked as a series presenter for "Nature" on BBC Two and made two films for "Panorama".
Embley joined BBC World in 1995. After the program was replaced by two separate programs ("BBC London" and "South East Today") in 2001, Embley rejoined BBC World as a presenter. Since then, he has also presented on the domestic BBC News Channel and carried out one-on-one interviews for the BBC programme "HARDtalk", as well as reporting several series for the radio station BBC World Service.
Anna Proclemer
Anna Proclemer (30 May 1923 – 25 April 2013) was an Italian actress. She was known for her role in "Our Goddess".
Proclemer was born on 30 May 1923 in Trento, Italy. She studied at Rome University. Proclemer was married to Vitaliano Brancati from 1946 until his death in 1954. They had one daughter. She was partners with actor Giorgio Albertazzi. Proclemer died on 25 April 2013 from natural causes in Rome, Italy, aged 89.
Vitaliano Brancati
Vitaliano Brancati (July 24, 1907 – September 25, 1954) was an Italian writer. He was born in Pachino and died in Turin from a heart attack, aged 43. In 1950 he won the Bagutta Prize. Brancati was married to Anna Proclemer from 1946 until his death in 1954. They had one daughter.
Massimo Bontempelli
Massimo Bontempelli (May 12, 1878 – July 21, 1960) was an Italian poet, playwright, novelist and composer. He was influential in developing and promoting the literary style known as magical realism.
Bontempelli was born on May 12, 1878 in Como, Italy. He studied at the University of Turin. Bontempelli died on July 21, 1960 from an illness in his home in Rome, Italy, aged 82.
Beta Israel Memorial
Beta Israel Memorial is the central memorial dedicated to the Ethiopian Jews that were murdered on their way to Israel. The name "Beta Israel" is the name of the black Jewish community in Ethiopia. The memorial is located at the National Civil Cemetery of the State of Israel in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. It was built in 2007 by the architect Gabriel Curtis. It replaced an earlier memorial that was built in 1989 for the Ethipean Jews, located in the Givat HaMatos neighborhood of Jerusalem. The memorial was built around a grass plaza with olive trees. In the entrance there is a big board that tells the story of the Jews in Ethiopia. On the edge of the plaza there are stones in the shape of graves, with names on them. Next to these, there is a stone structure in the shape of an Ethiopian village, with boards that tell the story of the Jews that were not able to get to Israel.
Al Neuharth
Allen Harold "Al" Neuharth (March 22, 1924 – April 19, 2013) was an American businessman, author, and columnist. He was known for being the founder of USA Today.
Neuharth was born on March 22, 1924 in Eureka, South Dakota. He studied at the University of South Dakota.
Neuharth was married to Loretta F. Helgeland from 1946 until they divorced in 1973. Then he was married to Lori Wilson from 1973 until they divorced in 1980. Then he was married to Rachel Fornes from c. 1980 until his death in 2013. He had three children and six adopted children.
Neuharth died on April 19, 2013 in his home in Cocoa Beach, Florida from complications of a fall, aged 89.
Yasukuni Shrine
Yasukuni is a controversial Shinto shrine in Tokyo. It commemorates (by name) over two million Japanese people who died in wars from 1868 to 1954. Right-wing Japanese politicians visit the shrine to pay respects to the war dead, but this is seen by China and Korea as a provocative act as over a thousand Japanese war criminals are enshrined there.
Memorial for the Defenders of the Old City of Jerusalem
The memorial for the Defenders of the Old City of Jerusalem is a memorial dedicated to the Israeli soldiers who fought for the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The memorial is located at the entrance to the Garden of the Missing Soldiers in the National Military and Police Cemetery in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The soldiers the memorial is dedicated to were buried temporarily in the Jewish Quarter until the war was finished, and then they were reburied in other places. The place that was their grave in the Jewish Quarter is marked today with a monument. The memorial was designed in the shape of an alley by the architect Dr. Asher Hirem. The arch is inscribed with 2 verses from the Bible: Jeremiah 31:8: "(God speaks to the people of Israel) I shall gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth." and Isaiah 66:14:"Your bones shall flourish like the grass."
Johnny Lockwood
Johnny Lockwood (7 December 1920 – 25 April 2013) was an English-Australian actor and comedian who is best known for his role as Aldo Godolfus in "Number 96".
Lockwood was born on 7 December 1920 in London, England. He was married to Anne Lockwood from 1947 until her death in 1973. He remarried in 1980. He had one daughter. Lockwood died on 25 April 2013 in his home in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia from natural causes, aged 92.
Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954. His best known song is "Blue Suede Shoes". He won a Grammy Award in 1987.
Perkins was born on April 9, 1932 in Tiptonville, Tennessee. He was married to Valda deVere until his death in 1998. They had one daughter and three sons. Perkins died on January 19, 1998 from complication of a series of strokes and throat cancer in Jackson, Tennessee, aged 65.
Regent's Park
Regent's Park is a large park in central London, in the London Borough of Camden and the City of Westminster. London Zoo is inside the park, as is an open air theatre.
In 1982, seven military bandsmen were killed in a PIRA bombing.
Divine Office
The Divine Office () is the public, official and common prayer of the Catholic Church. It derives from the authority of the Church, and its content is decided by the Church.
Another name for this is the Liturgy of The Hours.
Birkenhead
Birkenhead is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, in northwest England. It is west of Liverpool across the River Mersey. There is a ferry across the Mersey sung about by Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Judd Hirsch
Judd Seymore Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American actor most known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series "Taxi". He won an Emmy Award (1983), a Golden Globe Award (1988), a Drama Desk Award (1976), and a Tony Award (1986, 1992).