Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem is '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…
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  • Monument
  • …lies at an elevation of 930 metres (3,051 feet)
  • 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”

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Yad Vashem

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Latitude
31.77368° or 31° 46′ 25″ north
Longitude
35.17482° or 35° 10′ 29″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ5FF+FW
Geo­Names ID
10255490
Wiki­data ID
Q156591

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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”
  • 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: “Alej spravedlivých mezi národy”
  • 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 Vaŝem”
  • Esperanto: “Yad Vashem”
  • Estonian: “Õiglaste allee”
  • Estonian: “Yad Vashem”
  • Finnish: “Yad Vashem”
  • French: “Memorial 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: “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: “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”
  • Polish: “Instytut Pamięci Męczenników i Bohaterów Holocaustu Yad Vashem”
  • Polish: “Instytut Yad Vashem”
  • Polish: “Jad Waszem”
  • Polish: “Museum Yad Vashem”
  • Polish: “Yad Vashem”
  • Portuguese: “Memorial de Yad Vashem”
  • Portuguese: “Museu yad vashem”
  • Portuguese: “Yad Vashem”
  • Romanian: “Yad Vaşem”
  • Romanian: “Yad Vashem”
  • Russian: “Yad Vashem”
  • Russian: “Национальный мемориал Катастрофы”
  • Russian: “Яд ва-Шем”
  • Serbian: “Jad Vašem”
  • Serbian: “Memorijalna ustanova za žrtve i heroje holokausta”
  • Serbian: “Yad VaShem”
  • 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”
  • Slovenian: “Jad Vašem”
  • Slovenian: “Yad Vashem”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Investigación del Holocausto Yad Vashem”
  • 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: “Меморіальний комплекс історії Голокосту”
  • Ukrainian: “Яд ва-Шем”
  • Vietnamese: “Yad Vashem”
  • Welsh: “Iad Fasiem”
  • Welsh: “Yad Vashem”
  • Yiddish: “יד ושם”

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