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Photos from Official Events on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2016

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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
Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, lights the Memorial Torch
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day
President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Zehava Roth gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Holocaust survivor Sara Kain lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Robert Tomashof lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Jehosua Hesel Fried lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Joseph Labi lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Lonia Rozenhoch lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Chaim Grosbein lights one of the six torches at the ceremony
The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau recites psalms
The audience during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2016
Standing for 2 minutes of silence as the siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day is sounded
President of the Supreme Court Miriam Naor during the wreath-laying ceremony
Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat during the wreath-laying ceremony
Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh during the wreath-laying ceremony
The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Mr. Henri Etoundi Essomba during the wreath-laying ceremony
Representatives of survivor organizations during the wreath-laying ceremony
The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2016