A few weeks after the terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem placed on its gates the “Wall of Remembrance for the Murdered and the Fallen,” a commemorative display with the photos and names of civilians who were murdered that day, along with soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces who have fallen since then.
The display is spread over a width of 20 meters and rises to a height of 3.5 meters. It is projected on a giant screen on the entrance floor of the new library building in Jerusalem, as part of the national documentation and mobilization project for commemoration.
It includes the names of the fallen, their photos and their ages. The display is occasionally updated, allowing visitors to contemplate the wall with their private grief for their loved ones, alongside communion with the common pain of us all.
After the library received requests from various communities in Israel and around the world requesting the use of this display in various memorial ceremonies, the library decided to make the “Wall of Memory” available to the general public and allow the use of the display, physically or digitally, to anyone who wishes to do so.
Files are available for download free of charge at: www.nli.org.il/he/visit/exhibitions-and-displays/displays/7-october-victims.
