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Yad Va•shem
Pronunciation: (yäd' vä-shem'), [key] Hebrew.
1. the official authority in Israel for the commemoration of the Holocaust and its victims.
2. the memorial shrine administered by this authority.
Also,Yad' va-Shem'.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.