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Yad Vashem was created in 1953.
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It means "and name". "Yad Vashem" means "hand and name".
it didn't, that is not its function.
Yad Vashem is important to remember so it will never happen again. It also is in dedication to the six million Jewish people who perished.
"And to them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name (a "yad vashem")... that shall not be cut off."(Isaiah, chapter 56, verse 5)
there is an incomplete list at Yad Vashem.
it is a centre for study as well as a memorial.