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 victims and resisters and preserve the names of destroyed communities and institutions. Its scope includes not only death but Jewish resistance, communal life, and the destruction of cultural worlds.
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What institution did the Yad Vashem Law establish?
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The 1953 law established Yad Vashem and its commemorative mandate.
The 1953 Yad Vashem Law included commemoration of Jewish resistance.
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The law’s mandate includes those who fought and rebelled as well as victims and destroyed communities.