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Yad Vashem, Hollocast meuseum

 

 

 

Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יָד וַשֵׁם) is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament.

 

Yad Vashem is located on the western slope of Mount Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, 804 meters (2,638 ft.) above sea level and adjacent to the Jerusalem Forest.

 

The memorial consists of a 180-dunam (18.0 ha; 44.5-acre) complex containing the Holocaust History Museum, memorial sites such as the Children's Memorial and the Hall of Remembrance, The Museum of Holocaust Art, sculptures, outdoor commemorative sites such as the Valley of the Communities, a synagogue, a research institute with archives, a library, a publishing house, and an educational center named The International School/Institute for Holocaust Studies.

 

When Yad Vashem came into being, a core goal of its founding visionaries was to recognize gentiles who, at personal risk, and without a financial or evangelistic motive, chose to save their Jewish brethren from the ongoing genocide during the Holocaust.

 

Those recognized by the State of Israel as “Righteous among the Nations” are honored in a section of Yad Vashem known as the Garden of the Righteous among the Nations.

 

After the Western Wall, Yad Vashem is the second most-visited Israeli tourist site.

 

Yad Vashem welcomes approximately one million visitors a year.