Scenes from the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2015 and wreath-laying ceremony.
![The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyr's and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/04_359.jpg?itok=lkoepUqJ)
![The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyr's and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/04_359.jpg?itok=wcC1Ugqt)
![Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate lights the Memorial Torch at the beginning of the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_9936.jpg?itok=1IAhDyQv)
![Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate lights the Memorial Torch at the beginning of the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_9936.jpg?itok=n9rBLVZn)
![Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_9999.jpg?itok=YTmT9PRQ)
![Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_9999.jpg?itok=kKQ6TW94)
![President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_9950.jpg?itok=BBsd2FYd)
![President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_9950.jpg?itok=2QF3iyd8)
![Hana Meiri gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_0197.jpg?itok=jRYvbGjN)
![Hana Meiri gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_0197.jpg?itok=MTWN64Vp)
![Holocaust survivor Avraham Harshalom lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/NEJ_9558.jpg?itok=3YX2qOP9)
![Holocaust survivor Avraham Harshalom lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/NEJ_9558.jpg?itok=V18mqTLw)
![Holocaust survivor Dov Shimoni lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/NEJ_9576.jpg?itok=Q5YNzQAu)
![Holocaust survivor Dov Shimoni lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/NEJ_9576.jpg?itok=7UbBDyxs)
![Holocaust survivor Sara Weinstein lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/NEJ_9611.jpg?itok=S3WnZlJS)
![Holocaust survivor Sara Weinstein lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/NEJ_9611.jpg?itok=255-AI19)
![Holocaust survivor Ephraim Reichenberg lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/NEJ_9638.jpg?itok=Yv338-0j)
![Holocaust survivor Ephraim Reichenberg lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/NEJ_9638.jpg?itok=NoplKrXr)
![Holocaust survivor Eggi Lewysohn lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/NEJ_9673.jpg?itok=3IH1LRVu)
![Holocaust survivor Eggi Lewysohn lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/NEJ_9673.jpg?itok=A75SvKIy)
![Holocaust survivor Shela Altaraz lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/NEJ_9693.jpg?itok=9XufrQOM)
![Holocaust survivor Shela Altaraz lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/NEJ_9693.jpg?itok=dxwepXLp)
![The audience during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyr's and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_1077.jpg?itok=Hu27Zpcq)
![The audience during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyr's and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_1077.jpg?itok=u6tSRofk)
![Standing for 2 minutes of silence as the siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day is sounded](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/01_753.jpg?itok=Q_ZtsQ73)
![Standing for 2 minutes of silence as the siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day is sounded](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/01_753.jpg?itok=faBqq9Ni)
![President of the Supreme Court Miriam Naor during the wreath-laying ceremony, 16/04/2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/04_360.jpg?itok=wDJ60UxY)
![President of the Supreme Court Miriam Naor during the wreath-laying ceremony, 16/04/2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/04_360.jpg?itok=EXFM-6BQ)
![Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat during the wreath-laying ceremony, 16/04/2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/05_274.jpg?itok=IYnv1jps)
![Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat during the wreath-laying ceremony, 16/04/2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/05_274.jpg?itok=a229Tjrc)
![Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/08_144.jpg?itok=-mzRy8It)
![Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/08_144.jpg?itok=asQZik17)
![The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Mr. Henri Etoundi Essomba during the wreath-laying ceremony, 16/04/2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/09_116.jpg?itok=Cnub22uI)
![The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Mr. Henri Etoundi Essomba during the wreath-laying ceremony, 16/04/2015](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/09_116.jpg?itok=3zO0om5w)
![Representatives of survivor organizations during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/10_130.jpg?itok=XdqAiP1C)
![Representatives of survivor organizations during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/10_130.jpg?itok=z5hxWKuM)
![Representatives of survivor organizations during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/11_99.jpg?itok=JYvMkMcq)
![Representatives of survivor organizations during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/11_99.jpg?itok=VvitQChH)
![The Hall of Remembrance upon conclusion of the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/12_80.jpg?itok=y-v1grqh)
![The Hall of Remembrance upon conclusion of the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/12_80.jpg?itok=22bs4tkp)
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.
Scenes from the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2015 and wreath-laying ceremony.