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Yad Vashem

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Jewish Holocaust đź“Ť Israel

Yad Vashem

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Knesset passes the Yad Vashem Law

đź“… 19 August 1953

The Knesset passed the Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Law, establishing Yad Vashem as Israel’s Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Authority. The law directed the institution to commemorate Jewish...