Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial institution to the victims of the Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; echoing the stories of the survivors; honoring Jews who fought against…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: Israel’s official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust
- Also known as: “The Holocaust Martyrs‘ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority”, “Yād Fāshīm”, “Yad WaShem”, and “YadVaShem”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hall of Remembrance and Mount Herzl.
Hall of Remembrance
Museum
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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.
Mount Herzl
Peak
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West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiryat HaYovel and Yefe Nof.
Kiryat HaYovel
Suburb
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Kiryat HaYovel is a neighborhood in southwestern Jerusalem on Mount Herzl. It was built in the early 1950s to house Jewish immigrants and refugees who fled the Arab world.
Yefe Nof
Suburb
Yefeh Nof is a neighborhood in west Jerusalem, founded in 1929. Together with Ramat Beit HaKerem and Givat Beit HaKerem, it is part of the larger Beit HaKerem neighborhood.
Ein Kerem
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Ein Kerem is a secluded village suburb on the outskirts of West Jerusalem. Surrounded by hills dotted with olive and cypress trees, the village is refreshingly quiet although only a 20-minute bus ride southwest of the city centre.
Yad Vashem
- Categories: research institute, archives, documentation center, memorial, production team, publishing house, museum, history museum, and statutory corporation
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Yad Vashem” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ياد فاشيم”
- Armenian: “Յադ Վաշեմ”
- Asturian: “Yad Vashem”
- Azerbaijani: “Yad Vaşem”
- Belarusian: “Яд ва-Шэм”
- Bengali: “ইয়াদ ভাশেম”
- Breton: “Yad Vashem”
- Bulgarian: “Мемориалът Яд ва-Шем”
- Bulgarian: “Яд ва-Шем”
- Bulgarian: “Яд Вашем”
- Catalan: “Iad va-Xem”
- Catalan: “Museu de l’Holocaust de Jerusalem”
- Catalan: “Yad va-Xem”
- Catalan: “Yad Vashem”
- Cebuano: “Yad Vashem”
- Central Bikol: “Yad Vashem”
- Chinese: “以色列犹太大屠杀纪念馆”
- Chinese: “以色列猶太大屠殺紀念館”
- Chinese: “猶太人殉難紀念館”
- Croatian: “Yad Vashem u Jeruzalemu”
- Croatian: “Yad Vashem”
- Croatian: “Yad Vashemu Jeruzalem”
- Czech: “Jad vašem”
- Czech: “Yad Vashem”
- Danish: “Jad Vashem”
- Danish: “Yad Vashem”
- Dutch: “Israëlische Holocaustmuseum Yad Vashem”
- Dutch: “Jad Wasjem”
- Dutch: “Yad Vashem”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ياد فاشيم”
- Esperanto: “Jad Vasem”
- Esperanto: “Jad Vaŝem”
- Esperanto: “Yad Vashem”
- Estonian: “Õiglaste allee”
- Estonian: “Yad Vashem”
- Finnish: “Yad Vashem”
- French: “Memorial de Yad Vashem”
- French: “mémorial de Yad Vashem”
- French: “Yad Vashem”
- Galician: “Yad Vashem”
- Georgian: “იად ვა-შემი”
- German: “Allee der Gerechten unter den Völkern”
- German: “Jad Vaschem”
- German: “Jad Vashem”
- German: “Jad Waschem”
- German: “Jad Washem”
- German: “Yad Vashem”
- German: “Yad Washem”
- German: “Yad-Vashem”
- German: “יד ושם”
- Greek: “Γιαντ Βασσέμ”
- Greek: “Παγκόσμιο Κέντρο Μνήμης του Ολοκαυτώματος”
- Greek: “Παγκόσμιο Κέντρο Υπενθύμησης του Ολοκαυτώματος”
- Hebrew: “Yad Vashem”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון לתולדות השואה יד ושם”
- Hebrew: “יד ושם - רשות הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה”
- Hebrew: “יד ושם Yad Vashem”
- Hebrew: “יד ושם-רשות הזכרון לשואה ולגבורה”
- Hebrew: “יד ושם, בית הספר המרכזי להוראת השואה, המחלקה להכשרת מורים”
- Hebrew: “יד ושם, בית הספר המרכזי להוראת השואה”
- Hebrew: “יד ושם: קובץ מחקרים”
- Hebrew: “יד ושם”
- Hebrew: “יד-ושם”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון יד ושם”
- Hebrew: “שדרת חסידי אומות העולם”
- Hungarian: “Jad Vasem”
- Ido: “Yad Vashem”
- Indonesian: “Yad Vashem”
- Italian: “Yad Vashem”
- Japanese: “ヤド・ヴァシェム”
- Javanese: “Yad Vashem”
- Korean: “야드바솀”
- Ladino: “Yad Vashem”
- Latin: “Yad Vashem”
- Latvian: “Jad Vašem”
- Lithuanian: “Jad Vašem”
- Luxembourgish: “Yad Vashem”
- Macedonian: “Јад Вашем”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yad Vashem”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yad Vashem”
- Norwegian: “Yad Vashem”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Yad va-Shem”
- Persian: “بنیاد ید و شم”
- Persian: “موزه هولوکاست”
- Persian: “یاد واشم”
- Persian: “ید و شم”
- Persian: “ید وشم”
- Persian: “یدوشم”
- Polish: “Instytut Pamięci Męczenników i Bohaterów Holocaustu Yad Vashem”
- Polish: “Instytut Yad Vashem”
- Polish: “Jad Waszem”
- Polish: “Museum Yad Vashem”
- Polish: “Yad Vashem”
- Polish: “Yad-Vashem”
- Portuguese: “Memorial de Yad Vashem”
- Portuguese: “Museu yad vashem”
- Portuguese: “Yad Vashem”
- Romanian: “Yad Vaşem”
- Romanian: “Yad Vașem”
- Romanian: “Yad Vashem”
- Russian: “Yad Vashem”
- Russian: “Национальный мемориал Катастрофы”
- Russian: “Яд ва шем”
- Russian: “Яд ва-Шем”
- Russian: “Яд Вашем”
- Russian: “Яд-Вашем”
- Serbian: “Jad Vašem”
- Serbian: “Memorijalna ustanova za žrtve i heroje holokausta”
- Serbian: “Yad VaShem”
- Serbian: “Јад Вашем (Јерусалим)”
- Serbian: “Јад Вашем Јерусалим”
- Serbian: “Јад Вашем у Јерусалиму”
- Serbian: “Јад Вашем”
- Serbian: “Јерусалимски Јад Вашем”
- Serbian: “Меморијална установа за жртве и хероје холокауста”
- Serbian: “Управа за сећање на мученике и хероје холокауста”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jad Vašem”
- Slovak: “Jad va-šem”
- Slovak: “Jad va-Šem”
- Slovenian: “Jad Vašem”
- Slovenian: “Yad Vashem”
- Spanish: “Centro de Investigacion del Holocausto Yad Vashem”
- Spanish: “Centro de Investigación del Holocausto Yad Vashem”
- Spanish: “Museo del Holocausto de Jerusalen”
- Spanish: “Museo del Holocausto de Jerusalén”
- Spanish: “Museo del Holocausto Yad Vashem”
- Spanish: “Yad Vashem”
- Swedish: “Yad Vashem Center”
- Swedish: “Yad Vashem”
- Tagalog: “Yad Vashem”
- Tamil: “யாட் வசெம்”
- Tatar: “Йад ва-Шем”
- Turkish: “Yad Vaşem”
- Turkish: “Yad Vashem”
- Ukrainian: “Яд ва-Шем”
- Ukrainian: “Яд Вашем”
- Ukrainian: “Яд-ва-Шем”
- Ukrainian: “Яд-Вашем”
- Vietnamese: “Yad Vashem”
- Welsh: “Iad Fasiem”
- Welsh: “Yad Vashem”
- Yiddish: “יד ושם”
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