Yad Vashem
Americannoun
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the official authority in Israel for the commemoration of the Holocaust and its victims.
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the memorial shrine administered by this authority.
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Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and Yad Vashem in Jerusalem have “huge, large collections,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum, was especially moving to Steinberg.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
Winton kept detailed records of his efforts in a scrapbook, now displayed in Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem memorial, that includes photographs of the children he shot and developed himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
The Library and Archives of "Yad Vashem", in Jerusalem, had much material.
From The Grey Book by Johan Martinus Snoek
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