![Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaking at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Shoah2004_47_0.jpg?itok=joR8P6LP)
![Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaking at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Shoah2004_47_0.jpg?itok=tthNBeyD)
![President Moshe Katsav speaking at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Shoah2004_30_0.jpg?itok=cZL2sOKo)
![President Moshe Katsav speaking at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Shoah2004_30_0.jpg?itok=sgipusiq)
![Mrs. Ruth Elias on behalf of the survivors](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Shoah2004_83_0.jpg?itok=Tp-WSTD0)
![Mrs. Ruth Elias on behalf of the survivors](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Shoah2004_83_0.jpg?itok=49ZfRToI)
![Israeli paratrooper lights memorial candle before the ceremony begins](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Shoah2004_76_0.jpg?itok=6MolNYzF)
![Israeli paratrooper lights memorial candle before the ceremony begins](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Shoah2004_76_0.jpg?itok=nT5Bu1Rl)
![Paratroopers stand at attention during ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Shoah2004_40_0.jpg?itok=SeLbpf3_)
![Paratroopers stand at attention during ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Shoah2004_40_0.jpg?itok=ia6lAkZ2)
![Scene of crowd gathered at Yad Vashem for wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/zerim2004_009_0.jpg?itok=yIWPXfyh)
![Scene of crowd gathered at Yad Vashem for wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/zerim2004_009_0.jpg?itok=a9Qw6lFe)
![Jewish war veterans attend ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/zerim2004_012_0.jpg?itok=8kfaKfwf)
![Jewish war veterans attend ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/zerim2004_012_0.jpg?itok=9VyHzKMW)
![The crowd stands silently as the siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day is sounded.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/zerim2004_89_0.jpg?itok=c-xZx7av)
Left to Right- Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, Prof. Szewach Weiss, Chairmen of the Yad Vashem Directorate, Avner Shalev, Mrs. Gila Katsav, President Moshe Katsav, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Speaker of the Knesset Ruby Rivlin, Nechama Rivlin, Chief Justice Aharon Barak and Justice Elisheva Barak
![The crowd stands silently as the siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day is sounded.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/zerim2004_89_0.jpg?itok=83OooeMP)