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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 ...
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 ...
Adjusted colors to make Israel more vivid: 11:45, 15 October 2008: 1,121 × 632 (157 KB) Ogre: made the white in the flags white, not transparent: 19:11, 15 June 2007: 1,121 × 632 (156 KB) Makaristos: Own work, using a PNG as a model. The flags of Israel and Palestine with the Arabic text "Salaam" and the Hebrew text "Shalom"--both mean "peace".
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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 ...
Since 1962, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority conferred the title "Righteous Among the Nations" on non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews. Yad Vashem was established in 1953 to perpetuate the memory of the Jewish world destroyed in the Holocaust. A special committee is impaneled to study the evidence ...
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.