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• Unto Every Person… a Name: The Hall of Names

The Hall of Names houses "Pages of Testimony" commemorating the names and biographic details of Jews who perished during the Holocaust. The martyred dead are remembered not as cold, anonymous numbers, but as individual human beings. The Pages of Testimony are an attempt to give them back their personal identity, and dignity, which the Nazis and their accomplices tried so hard to obliterate.

Pages of Testimony are filled out by family members, friends or neighbors, many of them survivors of the Holocaust, and serve as symbolic "mazevoth" or "tombstones" for their loved ones. On these special acid-free Pages are inscribed in full: the name of the victim, his or her date and place of birth, the place of residence before the war, the profession, the parents' and spouses' names, and where and when they perished during the Holocaust. A photograph is attached when available. The Pages are preserved in special "Yizkor files", classified according to the Hebrew alphabet by the family name and the first name of the victim.

In 1955, Yad Vashem began actively collecting Pages of Testimony in Israel and around the world. Jewish organizations and communities, synagogues and volunteer groups, and recently even Israeli high-school children have participated in campaigns to gather the names. Yet, the names of many Holocaust victims have still not been registered in the Hall of Names: this is an on-going mission, and the public is requested to assist us in this sacred task of commemoration.

Fifty-eight years after the end of the Holocaust, we have reached a crucial historical hour. We are already entering the last few years in which names and testimonies may still be collected from Holocaust survivors. The gathering of each and every name under the motto: "Unto Every Person There Is a Name" is an ongoing and steady mission, and the public is requested to assist us in this sacred task of commemoration by filling in Pages of Testimony. Those names that we remember will live with us forever, and will be preserved for future generations who come to the Hall of Names in search of their past and their roots.