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Yad Vashem Uses AI to Identify 250,000 Holocaust Victims

11/3/2025

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Yad Vashem identified five million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, advancing its effort to recover the identities of six million victims.
About one million names may remain unknown, but advances in artificial intelligence could help uncover about 250,000 additional names.
Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem, said the online database of names will help families commemorate loved ones, with events in Jerusalem and New York in November.

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Yad Vashem identified five million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, advancing its effort to recover the identities of six million victims.
About one million names may remain unknown, but advances in artificial intelligence could help uncover about 250,000 additional names.
Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem, said the online database of names will help families commemorate loved ones, with events in Jerusalem and New York in November.