![Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Yad Vashem accompanied by Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Mr. Avner Shalev (right)](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0079_0.jpg?itok=yHaEvdZd)
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![Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Yad Vashem accompanied by Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Mr. Avner Shalev (right)](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0079_0.jpg?itok=43shZqvL)
![President of the State of Israel Mr. Shimon Peres (left) and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Mr. Avner Shalev (right) accompany Pope Benedict XVI into the Hall of Remembrance](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0266_0.jpg?itok=7jtk1oz0)
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![President of the State of Israel Mr. Shimon Peres (left) and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Mr. Avner Shalev (right) accompany Pope Benedict XVI into the Hall of Remembrance](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0266_0.jpg?itok=vejL2Ry8)
Photo by Yossi Ben David /Yad Vashem
Photo by Yossi Ben David /Yad Vashem
![Pope Benedict XVI rekindles the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Remembrance.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/IMG_1191.jpg?itok=h1jywUgP)
Photo Isaac Harari
![Pope Benedict XVI rekindles the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Remembrance.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_1191.jpg?itok=d1o4wpgm)
From left to right-Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Speaker of the Knesset Mr. Reuven Rivlin, Pope Benedict XVI, President of the State of Israel Mr. Shimon Peres and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Mr. Avner Shalev during Photo by Yossi Ben David /Yad Vashem
![Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau presents a gift to Pope Benedict XVI.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/IMG_1354.jpg?itok=eCUxsDhd)
Photo: Isaac Harari
![Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau presents a gift to Pope Benedict XVI.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_1354.jpg?itok=Gt2eN8at)
![Pope Benedict XVI greets the six Holocaust survivors and the Righteous Among the Nations.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/IMG_1257_0.jpg?itok=mW3B3K55)
Photo Isaac Harari
![Pope Benedict XVI greets the six Holocaust survivors and the Righteous Among the Nations.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_1257_0.jpg?itok=xQ9OaHmH)