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Yad Vashem is the Holocaust memorial museum situated in Jerusalem, Israel. It is also known as The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority. http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=yad+vashem&gwp=13
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The holocaust museum started being built in 1980 and opened in 1993.
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Yad Vashem is a Holocaust Memorial site in Israel. You will see trees planted in honor of victims, you will see walls of the Righteous Among the Nations (those who helped the Jews) and lists of victims.See Related Links below.
Yad VaShem - in Hebrew יד ושם Yad: Memorial (it has also the meaning of Name, Fame, Reputation...) Shem: Name of the tribes of Shem...the Semitic people are descendants of "Shem" Va: And (conjunction) Yad VaShem: A Memorial to the Tribe of Shem. Other Semitic races found in Asia are also children of Shem and speak Semitic languages, so technically the Yad VaShem would be not only for Jews but all Semitic Suffering including Arabs, Jews, Afghans, etc. It is the Jerusalem museum in remembrance of the names of the victims of the Holocaust.
there is an incomplete list at Yad Vashem.
it is a centre for study as well as a memorial.
The Holocaust is a very challenging, deep, and vast topic. There are many websites and books on the Holocaust available at libraries or museams. Lectures and speakers can be found at Yad Vashem, and other Holocaust memorial websites and locations.
Yad Vashem was created in 1953.
"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)
it is a centre for research, allowing us to know and understand more about the Holocaust and the people within the Holocaust.