The Valley of the Communities is a 2.5 acre monument located at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. It bears the engraved names of over 5,000 Jewish communities that were destroyed or barely survived during the Holocaust.
Viewed from above, the monument resembles the map of pre-World War II Europe. On ground level, the towering walls form a series of courtyards, one for each country in which Jews were persecuted. Dug out of the natural bedrock with walls rising up from the depths, the Valley breathes life into the communities engraved on its walls. It is made up of over one hundred open-air sections separated from each other by the walls of Jerusalem stone. Seen in its entirety from above, the site looks like a maze of ruins, depicting a world that has all but disappeared. The site took 10 years to complete and was established with the support of the American Society for Yad Vashem.
Photo of the section with David-Horodok and surrounding communities is from: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/stolin/gallery_yadvashem.php
Tour the Valley of the Communities with this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf19–JrmyI
