Forest of the Martyrs

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Forest of the Martyrs 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.

History

Prior to 1948, the site included the Palestinian villages of Dayr ‘Amr, Khirbat al-‘Umur, Kasla, Bayt Umm al-Mays, and ‘Aqqur. The first trees for the forest were planted in 1951. The World B'nai Brith Jewish service organization financed a significant portion of the planting of the trees by the Jewish National Fund. In addition to the trees planted in the forest to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, the forest contains several memorials:

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