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Opening Ceremony 2012

President Shimon Peres gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
President Shimon Peres gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

President Shimon Peres gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Adv. Joseph A. Melamed gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Adv. Joseph A. Melamed gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

Adv. Joseph A. Melamed gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council lights the Memorial Torch during the ceremony
Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council lights the Memorial Torch during the ceremony

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council lights the Memorial Torch during the ceremony
IDF soldiers stand at attention during the ceremony
IDF soldiers stand at attention during the ceremony

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

IDF soldiers stand at attention during the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Bat-Sheva Dagan lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Bat-Sheva Dagan lights one of the six torches at the ceremony

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

Holocaust survivor Bat-Sheva Dagan lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Anatoly Rubin lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Anatoly Rubin lights one of the six torches at the ceremony

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

Holocaust survivor Anatoly Rubin lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Eliezer Lev-Zion lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Eliezer Lev-Zion lights one of the six torches at the ceremony

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

Holocaust survivor Eliezer Lev-Zion lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Chasia Vardi lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Chasia Vardi lights one of the six torches at the ceremony

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

Holocaust survivor Chasia Vardi lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Yehuda Widawski lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Yehuda Widawski lights one of the six torches at the ceremony

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

Holocaust survivor Yehuda Widawski lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Artemis Miron lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Artemis Miron lights one of the six torches at the ceremony

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

Holocaust survivor Artemis Miron lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
The six torchlighters
The six torchlighters

Photograph: Isaac Harari / Yad Vashem

The six torchlighters
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