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Contents 1 Name 2 Article in need of revision 3 Hebrew "translation" 4 Not All Victims 5 Layout section edit needed 6 Pius XII caption

[edit] Name

....does the name has a meaning or it is just a place?

The name of the institute means Hand (Yad) and Name (va-Shem), it is derived from an Old Test. passage —.("ונתתי להם בביתי ובחומותי יד ושם" (ישעיהו, נ"ו, ה." El_C

Yad means memory in this case.

Memorial is a more appropriate translation. Everybody, please sign your posts with four tildes ~~~~ so that we know who you are and when you contributed. Thanks. Rudy Breteler (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article in need of revision

This article is in need of revision and expansion. It almost appears to be a partial trsnlation from Hebrew Wikipedia's יד ושם, which is also in need of significant rev./exp. I'll see if I can return to this article later tonight. El_C

This article also needs a clarification of events concerning Deir Yassin in connection to the construction of "The Valley of the Communities"-exhibition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.49.7.210 (talk) 11:47, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hebrew "translation"

From the article: "In Hebrew, "a memorial and a name" translates as yad va-shem."

Presumably yad vashem was the original Hebrew in Isaiah, not a translation?

Guan 07:14, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not All Victims

I clarified "victims" to "Jewish victims", since Yad Vashem is a Jewish holocaust memorial, not a memorial for all victims of the holocaust (according to its own mission statement).

Although many people use the term "holocaust" specifically to refer to the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis, in common usage, the term often has a broader meaning. Furthermore, there are non-Jewish "holocaust memorials", like the gay holocaust memorial in Berlin.

(Note that "Goals and Discussion" already talked about "Jewish victims of the holocaust".) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.190.7.50 (talk) 08:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

You're right. I was there on a Taglit trip recently, and several people noticed that there is practically zero mention that non-Jews were killed in the holocaust. There is one exhibit (detailing each of the Nazis directly responsible for the Final Solution) that mentions one Nazi took a particular interest in rounding up Gypsies, that's the only mention. I'm not saying this to criticize the museum, just to emphasize that it is an important point -- that the museum is intended only for Jewish victims. 81.1.92.43 (talk) 19:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Layout section edit needed

"The museum is designed so the visitor begins above underground..." This is contradictory and can't be right. Should the text say "begins above ground" or "begins underground" - or something else? Hertz1888 (talk) 20:48, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pius XII caption

The article should mention the controversy over the Pius XII caption. It has caused big problems in Israel-Vatican relations. ADM (talk) 23:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)