The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem unveiled its project to computerize millions of names of Holocaust victims. Some 3 million victims’ names are expected to be entered on the massive computer database by March, according to Yad Vashem’s director, Avner Shalev. The list, which will help track victims’ unclaimed assets in Swiss banks, will also eventually be made available on the Internet to help researchers and relatives searching for family members killed in the Shoah, Shalev said.
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