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Speaking in the House of Lords on 4 March 2025

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Holocaust Memorial Bill

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Yad Vashem, the most celebrated Holocaust memorial in the world and the most moving, is situated on a mountain which was completely devoid of any historical associations. It was deliberately put there and after it was built, it was called the mountain of remembrance, or whatever the correct translation is. It was called Yad Vashem because the words mean “a memorial and a name” and derive from a quotation in the Book of Isaiah:
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