The program for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, "Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism,, will include speeches by Heads of State from France, Great Britain, Russia, the United States and Germany; Israel's President Reuven "Rubi" Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; World Holocaust Forum Foundation President Dr. Moshe Kantor; Holocaust survivor and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau; and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev. Interspersed throughout the program will be three short video clips regarding previous World Holocaust Forums; the rise of the Nazis to power, the Holocaust and liberation; and contemporary antisemitism around the world. Additionally, throughout the event, an orchestra and multiple choirs will provide musical interludes.
The World Holocaust Forum will take place in Yad Vashem's Warsaw Ghetto Square on the Mount of Remembrance. The event will also include a Memorial and Wreath-Laying Ceremony.
A Memorial Torch will be lit by Holocaust survivors Rose Moskowitz and Colette Avital, Chairperson of the Center Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel.
During the Wreath-Laying Ceremony, the attending leaders of nations will be invited to lay a wreath at the base of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Monument created by world-renowned Jewish sculptor and artist Nathan Rappaport.
Cantor Shai Abramson will recite the El Maleh Rahamim memorial prayer followed by the recitation of the Kaddish, the mourner's prayer, by Holocaust survivor Naftali "Tuli" Deutsch.
The event will conclude with the Israeli national anthem Hatikvah.
