![Pope Francis arrives at Yad Vashem accompanied by President Shimon Peres, PM Benjamin Netanyahu and YV Chairman Avner Shalev](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_4011.jpg?itok=rqGkjwO0)
![Pope Francis arrives at Yad Vashem accompanied by President Shimon Peres, PM Benjamin Netanyahu and YV Chairman Avner Shalev](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_4011.jpg?itok=0KzBfsnO)
![The memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/DSC_6795.jpg?itok=PSVqyjRB)
![The memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_6795.jpg?itok=l4-fdcza)
![Laying of the wreath by Pope Francis, assisted by two young students who live in Israel, Eva Kolodkina and Hoang Huy Nguyen](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_0159.jpg?itok=bEZRkO0E)
![Laying of the wreath by Pope Francis, assisted by two young students who live in Israel, Eva Kolodkina and Hoang Huy Nguyen](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_0159.jpg?itok=suK9ZpeZ)
![Pope Francis during a moment of silence following the wreath laying in memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_0170.jpg?itok=2kd9vCiT)
![Pope Francis during a moment of silence following the wreath laying in memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_0170.jpg?itok=8qQV9_xN)
![The memorial prayer for the six million Jews being recited](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/DSC_6833.jpg?itok=5Q9yUZrJ)
![The memorial prayer for the six million Jews being recited](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_6833.jpg?itok=PZPO5Ix6)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Avraham Harshalom](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/JEN_6348.jpg?itok=F5BvRZ81)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Avraham Harshalom](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/JEN_6348.jpg?itok=FevwbQpw)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Chava Shik](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/JEN_6377.jpg?itok=9ZzuSGL5)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Chava Shik](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/JEN_6377.jpg?itok=v9ayB7OU)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Joseph Gottdenker](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/JEN_6413.jpg?itok=V0jsqt87)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Joseph Gottdenker](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/JEN_6413.jpg?itok=GVxp9ejH)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Moshe Ha-Elion](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/JEN_6440.jpg?itok=7PPMrC_R)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Moshe Ha-Elion](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/JEN_6440.jpg?itok=hS6EVP-H)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Eliezer Grynfeld](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/JEN_6480_1.jpg?itok=FfT3XQWX)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Eliezer Grynfeld](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/JEN_6480_1.jpg?itok=sXbyTkJi)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Sonia Tunik-Geron](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/JEN_6505.jpg?itok=NGtF1rdF)
![Pope Francis greets Holocaust survivor Sonia Tunik-Geron](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/JEN_6505.jpg?itok=Gk-YLVV_)
![Pope Francis delivers his address during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_0266.jpg?itok=13Ob3Jk7)
![Pope Francis delivers his address during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_0266.jpg?itok=kRNB0ODk)
![Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev presents Pope Francis with a replica of a painting from the Holocaust period](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_0291.jpg?itok=haqVTR8_)
![Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev presents Pope Francis with a replica of a painting from the Holocaust period](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_0291.jpg?itok=O5Ub8l5E)
![Message from Pope Francis in the Yad Vashem Guest Book](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/JEN_6760.jpg?itok=MA-XTrPu)
With shame for what man, who was created in the image of God, was able to do; with shame for the fact that man made himself the owner of evil; with shame that man made himself into God
![Message from Pope Francis in the Yad Vashem Guest Book](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/JEN_6760.jpg?itok=QEN6wFY4)
Sunday to Thursday: 09:00-17:00
Fridays and Holiday eves: 09:00-14:00
Yad Vashem is closed on Saturdays and all Jewish Holidays.
Entrance to the Holocaust History Museum is not permitted for children under the age of 10. Babies in strollers or carriers will not be permitted to enter.
With shame for what man, who was created in the image of God, was able to do; with shame for the fact that man made himself the owner of evil; with shame that man made himself into God