Scroll of Fire

Scroll of Fire is a monument found in the Forest of the Martyrs, on the western outskirts of Jerusalem.

The initiative for the monument came from B'nai B'rith of the United States, and was funded by them.

The site was chosen by Yosef Weitz, the director of the Land and Afforestation Department of the Jewish National Fund.

[1] In the scroll depicting the Holocaust, there are sculptured among others Janusz Korczak and his children, a row of helmets symbolizing the Nazi soldiers, a member of The Ghetto Fighters holding a grenade, and other characters behind fences of concentration camps.

In the scroll depicting independence, there are sculptured symbols of Israel, such as: Olive trees, a child holding a cluster of grapes, a man blowing a shofar near the Western Wall, the menorah as seen on the Arch of Titus, an old character representing Elijah, people dancing Hora, and flags flying near an angel blowing a trumpet.