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Remembrance

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2014

Jews "On the Edge"

1944: Between Annihilation and Liberation

Photos of Events

Scenes from the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyr's and Heroes' Remembrance Day 27/04/2014

  • Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, lights the Memorial Torch
  • President Shimon Peres speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day
  • Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day
  • Shalom Eilati gives the address on behalf of the survivors
  • The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the ceremony
  • Holocaust survivor Asher Aud lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
  • Holocaust survivor Zvi Michaeli lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
  • Holocaust survivor Dita Kraus lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
  • Holocaust survivor Chayim Herzl lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
  • Holocaust survivor Hinda Tasman lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
  • Holocaust survivor Itzchak Biran lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
  • The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau recites psalms
  • Singers Hagit Yasso and Idan Amedi
  • The audience during the ceremony
  • Seated at the ceremony, from left: Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, Mr. Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, Rabbi Shai Piron, Education Minister, Mrs. Sara Netanyahu, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Mr. Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset

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