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Israel commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day
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17:15 08.04.2013
Holocaust Remembrance Day events began on Sunday night at 8 P.M. with
the official ceremony at the Massuah Institute for Holocaust Studies
in Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak. The ceremony marked the 70th anniversary of
the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
At the ceremony, Holocaust survivors lit six torches in memory of the
six million victims. The torch-bearers were accompanied by their
grandchildren and an Israel Defense Forces honor guard, according to
Haaretz.
On Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, a siren sounded for two minutes
at 10 A.M. when Israelis all over the country stood up in silence.
At the Knesset, President Shimon Peres took part in a ceremony
commemorating the solemn day, which began at 11 A.M..
Later in the day, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Warsaw
Ghetto Square at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.
In Yad Vashem's Hall of Remembrance, some of the names of those
murdered in the Holocaust were recited as part of the `Unto Every
Person There is a Name' project.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/04/08/israel-commemorates-holocaust-remembrance-day/
17:15 08.04.2013
Holocaust Remembrance Day events began on Sunday night at 8 P.M. with
the official ceremony at the Massuah Institute for Holocaust Studies
in Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak. The ceremony marked the 70th anniversary of
the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
At the ceremony, Holocaust survivors lit six torches in memory of the
six million victims. The torch-bearers were accompanied by their
grandchildren and an Israel Defense Forces honor guard, according to
Haaretz.
On Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, a siren sounded for two minutes
at 10 A.M. when Israelis all over the country stood up in silence.
At the Knesset, President Shimon Peres took part in a ceremony
commemorating the solemn day, which began at 11 A.M..
Later in the day, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Warsaw
Ghetto Square at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.
In Yad Vashem's Hall of Remembrance, some of the names of those
murdered in the Holocaust were recited as part of the `Unto Every
Person There is a Name' project.