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Holocaust victims honored on Yad Vashem’s digital remembrance wall – Source CNET Internet News

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Yad Vashem teamed up with Facebook for its Holocaust remembrance wall.


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Leo Bubi Krausz lived in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, before World War II broke out and was killed in Auschwitz. He was one of the 6 million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered by the Nazi Germans and their collaborators during the Holocaust. Leo’s picture was randomly matched with my name on Yad Vashem’s IRemember Wall website, which serves to commemorate victims of the Holocaust. 

Monday, which is Holocaust Remembrance Day, brought more than 70,000 people to the IRemember Wall. This year, Facebook International is teaming up with Yad Vashem to encourage Holocaust awareness. The partnership will make the IRemember Wall available in six…

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