 Yad Vashem memorial sculpture Yad Vashem (יד ושם) 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.
The origin of the name is from a Biblical verse:
"And to them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name ... that shall not be cut off."
(Isaiah, chapter 56, verse 5)
In Hebrew "A memorial and a name" = "yad vashem".
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".
Yad Vashem activities include:
- Documentation of the Holocaust:
- recording testimonies with survivors, collecting the names of those who parished during the Holocaust [1] (http://www1.yadvashem.org/about_yad/departments/pot/home_hall.html), collect photoes, documented and resources regarding the Holocaust.
- Research and Studies of the Holocaust:
- conduct researches regarding the Holocaust, encourage students to research the Holocaust, publish researches to the wide public.
- Education:
- operating The International School for Holocaust Studies (http://www1.yadvashem.org/about_yad/what_new/temp_about_yad/temp_index_about_yad_school.html), developing study programms for both Israeli and foreign schools in order to teach young students about the Holocaust, hold exhibitions about the Holocaust, teach the Holocaust to the general public.
- Memorial:
- preserve the memory and names of those who died during the Holocaust, hold ceremonies of rememberence.
A small garden and plaque on the grounds of the Yad Vashem is dedicated to the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France who, during World War II, made their town a haven for Jews fleeing from the Nazis.
A few of the more than 20,000 non-Jews honoured here as "Righteous among the nations":
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