Scenes from the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2016 and wreath-laying ceremony.
![The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2016](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/04_358.jpg?itok=jlSsPmpE)
![The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2016](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/04_358.jpg?itok=GEcPzD5c)
![Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, lights the Memorial Torch](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/01_751.jpg?itok=NO4rSj26)
![Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, lights the Memorial Torch](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/01_751.jpg?itok=Nzj6BOeL)
![Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_6705.jpg?itok=oDmYAxjv)
![Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_6705.jpg?itok=dr44dArI)
![President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_6661.jpg?itok=J-UaRZK8)
![President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_6661.jpg?itok=Zt6F-CDC)
![Zehava Roth gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_6810.jpg?itok=W5gB1AsU)
![Zehava Roth gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_6810.jpg?itok=xKpBUQGN)
![Holocaust survivor Sara Kain lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_6752.jpg?itok=6i75KFFM)
![Holocaust survivor Sara Kain lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_6752.jpg?itok=f_7GwnG5)
![Holocaust survivor Robert Tomashof lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/IMG_6772.jpg?itok=QTsvD_-U)
![Holocaust survivor Robert Tomashof lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/IMG_6772.jpg?itok=pB-LovcI)
![Holocaust survivor Jehosua Hesel Fried lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/jehosua-hesel-fried_0.jpg?itok=eg7sDblp)
![Holocaust survivor Jehosua Hesel Fried lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/jehosua-hesel-fried_0.jpg?itok=MPTJfzDo)
![Holocaust survivor Joseph Labi lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/joseph-labi_0.jpg?itok=OjzlG13Y)
![Holocaust survivor Joseph Labi lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/joseph-labi_0.jpg?itok=nJ-LEK7E)
![Holocaust survivor Lonia Rozenhoch lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/lonia-rozenhoch_0.jpg?itok=7uiACWdI)
![Holocaust survivor Lonia Rozenhoch lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/lonia-rozenhoch_0.jpg?itok=AX2vPhNB)
![Holocaust survivor Chaim Grosbein lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/chaim-grosbein_0.jpg?itok=Vw24bAr1)
![Holocaust survivor Chaim Grosbein lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/chaim-grosbein_0.jpg?itok=yWlnc_VS)
![The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau recites psalms](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/12_79.jpg?itok=rVYkBINr)
![The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau recites psalms](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/12_79.jpg?itok=K5TIjrZE)
![The audience during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2016](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/14_64.jpg?itok=wz6rwede)
![The audience during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2016](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/14_64.jpg?itok=0lHJWnFF)
![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_750.jpg?itok=sMlfgD_1)
![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_750.jpg?itok=u8t-a7Ld)
![President of the Supreme Court Miriam Naor during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/04_357.jpg?itok=plyZ5fdX)
![President of the Supreme Court Miriam Naor during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/04_357.jpg?itok=Xm0pvUsj)
![Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/05_273.jpg?itok=Bmena7Rc)
![Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/05_273.jpg?itok=UdUQXjq7)
![Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/08_143.jpg?itok=oFtkhgvA)
![Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/08_143.jpg?itok=hygzyCdK)
![The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Mr. Henri Etoundi Essomba during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/09_115.jpg?itok=NIf-jwLH)
![The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Mr. Henri Etoundi Essomba during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/09_115.jpg?itok=8daCOV4e)
![Representatives of survivor organizations during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/10_129.jpg?itok=YmRoRzcz)
![Representatives of survivor organizations during the wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/10_129.jpg?itok=_uincDoK)
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 2016 and wreath-laying ceremony.