Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem (?? ???) is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust established in 1953 through the Memorial Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament.

Related Topics:
Israel - Jew - The Holocaust - 1953 - Knesset

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The origin of the name is from a Biblical verse:

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"And to them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name ? that shall not be cut off."

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(Isaiah, chapter 56, verse 5)

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In Hebrew "A memorial and a name" = yad vashem.

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Located in Jerusalem, it consists of a memorial chamber, a historical museum, an art gallery, a Hall of Names, an archive, the "Valley of the Destroyed Communities," and an educational centre. As well, non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, often at great personal risk, are honoured by Yad Vashem as the "Righteous Among the Nations".

Related Topics:
Jerusalem - Righteous Among the Nations

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