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Yad Vashem says it has identified 5 million Holocaust victims: ‘Behind each name is a life that mattered’

JL;DR SUMMARY Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial, has successfully identified 5 million Holocaust victims through the use of AI and advanced machine learning techniques. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityHolocaustYad VashemWwiiGenocideJewish VictimsDani DayanRemembranceAi TechnologyArchival Research

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Israel
"Yad Vashem, Israels Holocaust memorial, says it has reached a major milestone in its efforts to uncover the identities of all of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust, crossing the 5-million name threshold with the help of AI."
New York City, New York, United States
"Two years ago, Yad Vashem inaugurated a 26.5 foot-long Book of Names, which included the names of 4,800,000 victims of the Shoah, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City."

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