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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, since 1989, the "Every Person Has a Name" ceremony has taken place at Yad Vashem's Tent of Remembrance, the Knesset, and various locations across Israel and worldwide. During the ceremony, the names of victims documented by Yad Vashem over the years are read aloud by Knesset members, youth movement members, and ...
Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יָד וַשֵׁם; lit. ' a memorial and a name ') is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; echoing the stories of the survivors; honoring Jews who fought against their Nazi oppressors and gentiles who selflessly aided Jews in need; and researching the phenomenon of the Holocaust ...
Along with some two dozen different structures within the Yad Vashem memorial – which is the second most-visited destination in the country after the Western Wall – the Garden of the Righteous is meant to honor those non-Jews who during the Holocaust risked their lives to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis.
That same year, a digitized database of Holocaust victims' names was created, and in 2004 the Central Database of Holocaust Victims' Names was launched on the Yad Vashem website. With the dedication of the new Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem in 2005, the Hall of Names was moved to that location.
Yad Vashem’s staff verifies and cross-references, as far as possible, the new information for historical accuracy before adding it to the Database. Additional resources would enable Yad Vashem to shorten response time, insert new features to the site and add newly digitized lists of names at an accelerated pace.
Yad Vashem honours non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, at great personal risk, as the "Righteous among the Nations". The Memorial Path, leading from the entrance of Yad Vashem up to the Mount Herzl national cemetery, was established in 2003 and includes plaques that mark important events from the beginning of Zionism until the ...
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Ohel Yizkor is the central gathering structure and the ceremony hall of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem. In the building, the national memorial ceremonies in memory of the Holocaust victims are held, and it is customary for official guests of the State of Israel to visit and lay wreaths in memory of the victims. [1] [2]