ha-Ḳedoshim Forest (Israel)

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Name (Hebrew)
יער הקדושים (ישראל)
Name (Latin)
ha-Ḳedoshim Forest (Israel)
Other forms of name
Yaʻar ha-Ḳedoshim (Israel)
Yaʻar hakdoshim (Israel)
Forest of the Martyrs (Israel)
Martyrs' Forest (Israel)
הקדושים, יער (ישראל)
Coordinates
35.06111111 35.06111111 31.78055556 31.78055556 (gooearth )
Associated country
Israel
See Also From tracing topical name
Forests and forestry Israel
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q574308
Wikipedia description:

Forest of the Martyrs (Hebrew: יער הקדושים, romanized: Ya'ar HaKdoshim) is a forest on the outskirts of West Jerusalem, Israel. It is on the western edge of the Jerusalem Forest near Beit Meir. It was planted as a memorial to those who died in the Holocaust and contains six million trees, symbolizing the six million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II.

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