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Opening Ceremony 2010

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The Opening Ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

(from right to left)
Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, Speaker of the Knesset Reuven Rivlin and his wife, President of the Supreme Court Dorit Beinisch and her husband

Photograph: Yossi Ben David/Yad Vashem

Scenes from the Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day 11/4/2010

 

The Opening Ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
The Opening Ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, lights the Memorial Torch during the ceremony
Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, lights the Memorial Torch during the ceremony
President Shimon Peres gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2010
President Shimon Peres gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2010
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Jakob Zim lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Jakob Zim lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Chana Weiss gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Chana Weiss gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day