The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem unveiled its new archives and library. The building houses some 55 millions of documents relating to the Holocaust. One-third of the funding for the $66 million project came from the Claims Conference, which used moneys it had received as reparations for unclaimed Jewish properties in Germany. The remaining funding came from individual donors.
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