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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'.

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