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Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

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Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Phone:
+972 2-644-3400

Address:
| Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, Entrance to the site is via the Holland Junction, situated on Herzl Boulevard, Jerusalem 91034, Israel

Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the dead; honoring Jews who fought against their Nazi oppressors and Gentiles who selflessly aided Jews in need; and researching the phenomenon of the Holocaust in particular and genocide in general, with the aim of avoiding such events in the future. Established in 1953, Yad Vashem is on the western slope of Mount Herzl, also known as the Mount of Remembrance, a height in western Jerusalem, 804 meters above sea level and adjacent to the Jerusalem Forest. The memorial consists of a 180-dunam 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, the International School/Institute for Holocaust Studies. A core goal of Yad Vashem's founders was to recognize non-Jews who, at personal risk and without a financial or evangelistic motive, chose to save Jews from the ongoing genocide during the Holocaust. Those recognized by Israel as Righteous Among the Nations are honored in a section of Yad Vashem known as the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations. Yad Vashem is the second-most-visited Israeli tourist site, after the Western Wall, with approximately one million visitors each year. It does not charge any fee for admission.
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