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Source: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-729801
UN Headquarters Unveils Exhibit Listing 4,800,000 Holocaust Victims
(Jerusalem Post) Haley Cohen - Israel's Mission to the UN and Yad Vashem on Thursday inaugurated the "Book of Names" at UN headquarters in New York City listing the names of 4,800,000 people who were murdered in the Holocaust. The book, compiled by Yad Vashem over the past 70 years, features the alphabetically arranged names of the Holocaust victims along with their birthdates, hometowns, and circumstances and places of death if known. Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan shared the story of his grandfather, whose "wife Bracha and seven of their children were murdered for the sole reason of being Jewish." Their names "are eternally enshrined in the Book of Names." Erdan continued, "There are those working to erase the memory and lessons that must be learned from our horrific atrocity. They question the right of the Jewish people and Jewish state to protect ourselves. Even here at the UN such bigots can be found....We must not allow evil to prevail. I expect the international community to stand behind the Jewish people as we defend ourselves. This is the fundamental lesson of the Holocaust."