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Yad Vashem's Names Database went online in November, 2004. An 11th hour names recovery campaign is now underway. Since Yad Vashem's Names Database went online in November, 2004, there has been an urgent campaign to recover names of Holocaust victims  www.yadvashem.org

You are urged to encourage those you know to submit Pages of Testimony (and photos) to memorialize their loved ones.  This can conveniently be done online.

"Millions more names may be lost forever," warns Avner Shalev, Chairman of Yad Vashem.  "Jewish communities play a key role by actively reaching out to the generation that best remembers before it is too late." 

You might also consider volunteering to assist survivors and their familiies in completing Pages of Testimony in memory of Shoah victims.  To volunteer for this project, please send your name, address, phone number and email address to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , subject heading "Names Volunteer".

Remember, too, that you may search the Names Database to look for the names of family members.  The Database is available in English, Hebrew and Russian.

More information and material about the Database and the 11th hour names recovery campaign, can be found at:  http://www.yadvashem.org/lwp/workplace/IY_HON_Welcome

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes Remembrance Authority, was established by the Knesset in 1953. Located in Jerusalem, it is dedicated to Holocaust remembrance, documentation, research and education. Press information can be found at: http://www1.yadvashem.org/about_yad/press_room/temp_index_press_room.html

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Estee Yaari / Foreign Media Liaison            
Phone: + 972 2 644 3412/0               
Cell: + 972 50200 7072               
Fax: + 972 2 6443409                            
Website: www.yadvashem.org

Rachelle Grossman / Communications
Phone: (212) 220-4304
Cell: (917)-846-6043
Fax: (212) 220-4308