Mount Herzl

Mount Herzl (, ), also called Har HaZikaron (, which means "Mount of Remembrance"), is the national cemetery of Israel in Jerusalem. It is named for Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. Yad Vashem, the main Holocaust museum of Israel is on the Mount of Remembrance. It is an extension of Mount Herzl. Mount Herzl is 834 meters above sea level. The northern area is the National Military and Police cemetery and the southern area is the National Civil Cemetery of the State of Israel.
National Civil Cemetery of the State of Israel (Helkat Gdolei Ha'Uma)
The southern slope of Mount Herzl is dedicated to the leaders and important public persons of the state of Israel. In Hebrew this cemetery is called Helkat Gdolei Ha'Uma ("the section of the great people of the nation"). The cemetery region includes national memorials of the Israeli public and memorial gardens of leaders that visit the state of Israel.
Mount Herzl Plaza
Mount Herzl Plaza is central ceremonial plaza in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The plaza is used for the opening ceremony of Israel Independence Day every year. On the northern side of the plaza is the grave of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. The plaza is at the highest spot of Mount Herzl in the center of the national cemetery. On 18 April 2012, during the rehearsals for the Independence Day ceremony, an electrical lamppost fell down. It killed one soldier and wounded seven other soldiers. The soldier was buried in the military cemetery nearby.
Menorah sculpture
The Menorah sculpture is at the entrance to Mount Herzl. It is dedicated to the Third Temple. It was made in 2002 by sculptor Ben Zion Tzefoni.
Garden of the Nations
The Garden of the Nations is a public garden. It has been planted with olives trees by foreign leaders visiting Israel. Each tree is has a plaque with the name of the leader who planted it.
Herzl Museum
The Herzl Museum is a biographical museum. It tells the story of Theodor Herzl and his vision to create a Zionist country. The museum opened in 2005.
Mount Herzl Educational Center
Mount Herzl Educational Center - The Stella and Alexander Margolis Educational Center for study of Zionism is located beside the Herzl Museum. It opened in 2013. A small memorial garden to Norman Herzl was planted beside the study center.
Path to Yad Vashem
The memorial path was designed by the architect Uri Abramson and was built by Israeli youth organizations in 2003. It tells the story of the birth of the state of Israel, from the beginning of the Zionism until the declaration of the state. The path runs from the National Civil Cemetery to Yad Vashem.
Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial
The Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial is the main memorial for all victims of terrorism in Israel from 1851 until today. The Memorial was opened in 1997, and every year, a ceremony is held on the plaza of the memorial.
National Military and Police Cemetery
The main Israel Defense Forces cemetery is on the northern slope of Mt. Herzl. The cemetery includes memorials to members of the IDF who have fallen in the line of duty, and memorial gardens to the people who fought for the pre Zionist state. The Israel Police cemetery, for police officers who have fallen in the line of duty, is also located there.
Garden of Those Missing in Action
The Garden of Those Missing in Action is a Memorial Garden in the National Military and Police Cemetery dedicated to people who have gone missing in action so that their burial place is unknown. It is also dedicated to the memory of unknown soldiers. In the garden there is a wall of names of people hwo have gone missing starting in 1914 until the present day. Beside it, empty graves represent missing soldiers and officers who have fought in the Israeli Defense Forces.
National Memorial Hall
The National Memorial Hall For Israel's Fallen () at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem is an initiative of the Israeli Ministry of Defense to commemorate all military Israeli casualties of war and Jewish fighters from 1860 until today. The proposal to build the hall was announced by Defense Minister Ehud Barak in 2010.
In 2012, the Israeli government approved the establishment of the National Memorial Hall at a cost of $40 million. Certification has been delayed because of a petition to the court by families of terror victims. They say that there is no mention in the hall of the names of those victims, although the Hall is planned to be built next to the main memorial to Israeli terror victims.
The Memorial Hall opened on 30 April 2017.
Memorial of the Unknown Soldier
In the center of the hall is the eternal flame dedicated to the unknown soldiers of Israel. This means at least one unidentified set of remains is buried there so that the families of soldiers whose bodies were never brought back can go there, imagine it is their dead relative, and mourn.
Ancient burial cave
An ancient Jewish burial cave from the Second Temple period was found in the military cemetery in 1954. Architect Asher Hiram designed a new entrance for the cave, so it is included in the cemetery.
Gallery of Mount Herzl National Cemetery
Mount of Remembrance
The Mount of Remembrance is the western summit of Mount Herzl. It is 806 meters above sea level. It is called Mount of Remembrance in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Yad Vashem museum is on the top of the mountain.
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem is the national Holocaust museum of Israel. The museum includes the International School for Holocaust Studies, the International Institute for Holocaust Research, the Valley of the Destroyed Communities, the Hall of Names, and the Righteous Among the Nations memorial path.
Official ceremonies
Memorial Day ceremony for Israel's Fallen Soldiers
Memorial Day ceremony for victims of terrorism, held at the memorial of terror in Israel
Seventh of Adar ceremony for fallen soldiers whose resting place is unknown, held in Garden of the Missing Soldiers
Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl Plaza
Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem
Sections
Helkat Gdolei Ha'Uma Section
Herzl family and the heads of the World Zionist Organization Section
Jewish Immigrants drowned in the sea at Ha'apala period Section
Ze'ev Jabotinsky and his family Section
Israel Police Section
Jewish Parachutists of Mandate of Palestine Section
Olei Hagardom Section
1948 Arab-Israeli War Section
1956 Suez Crisis Section
1967 Six-Day War and 1969-1970 War of Attrition Section
1973 Yom Kippur War Section
1982 Lebanon War Section
2006 Lebanon War Section
Burials
Presidents
Zalman Shazar, 3rd President
Chaim Herzog, 6th President
Prime Ministers
Golda Meir, 4th Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin 5th Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir, 7th Prime Minister
Ministers
Eliezer Kaplan, Ministry of Finance
Knesset speakers
Yosef Sprinzak, 1st Knesset speaker
Yisrael Yeshayahu, 5th Knesset speaker
Menachem Savidor, 8th Knesset speaker
Mayors
Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem
Chief of General Staff
Yigael Yadin, 4th Chief of General Staff
David Elazar, 9th Chief of General Staff
Police Commissioners
Pinhas Kopel, 3rd Police Commissioner
Shaul Rosolio, 5th Police Commissioner
Haim Tavori, 6th Police Commissioner
Monuments and Memorials in Mount Herzl National Cemetery
Related pages
Tomb of Nicanor
Other websites
Mount Herzl in "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" site
Mount Herzl museum
Mount Herzl on WikiMapia
Find a grave on Mount Herzl
Simulation of the National Memorial Hall on YNET website
Mount Herzl: The Creation of Israel's National Cemetery, Maoz Azaryahu
Mount Herzl Disaster in Haaretz site
the memorial of Terror Victims in "la'ad" website
Stamp commemorating the opening of the Garden of the Missing Soldiers by the Israel Postal Company
Israeli Soldiers "Missing in Action"
1948 establishments in Israel
Military monuments and memorials
Military monuments and memorials in Israel
Commonwealth War Graves Commission