Scenes from the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day. Yad Vashem, 11 April 2018.
![The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/04_353.jpg?itok=zJxIzNT6)
![The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/04_353.jpg?itok=14LtH3H_)
![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_747.jpg?itok=IeDeE3PY)
![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_747.jpg?itok=HnUYbpxA)
![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/02_536.jpg?itok=DDBovp4E)
![Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/02_536.jpg?itok=DaLd8Mrt)
![President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/03_439.jpg?itok=5wuacqlq)
![President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/03_439.jpg?itok=GhpD2cU8)
![Zipora Nahir 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/_YBD7649.jpg?itok=cZdW5xsc)
![Zipora Nahir 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/_YBD7649.jpg?itok=S46OeHxO)
![Holocaust survivor Mirjam Lapid lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/mirjam-lapid.jpg?itok=I64DArl_)
![Holocaust survivor Mirjam Lapid lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mirjam-lapid.jpg?itok=KWQowkAv)
![Holocaust survivor Shmuel Bogler lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/shmuel-bogler.jpg?itok=YSPM-VUT)
![Holocaust survivor Shmuel Bogler lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/shmuel-bogler.jpg?itok=zME9DEYP)
![Holocaust survivor Dr. Thea Friedman lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/thea-friedman.jpg?itok=hSI6U17E)
![Holocaust survivor Dr. Thea Friedman lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/thea-friedman.jpg?itok=oPbAk_lg)
![Holocaust survivor Raul Teitelbaum lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/raul-teitelbaum.jpg?itok=WlZI0GSQ)
![Holocaust survivor Raul Teitelbaum lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/raul-teitelbaum.jpg?itok=7YpFUcyM)
![Holocaust survivor Dov Goldstein lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/dov-goldstein.jpg?itok=5EDmj_xB)
![Holocaust survivor Dov Goldstein lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/dov-goldstein.jpg?itok=RZvplfxP)
![Holocaust survivor Abba Naor lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/abba-naor.jpg?itok=WRO3l1KQ)
![Holocaust survivor Abba Naor lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/abba-naor.jpg?itok=eU85vEev)
![The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau recites psalms](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/12_76.jpg?itok=BKzkDNTR)
![The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau recites psalms](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/12_76.jpg?itok=b3nBHJ2c)
![Singers Amir Dadon and Meshi Kleinstein at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/13_62.jpg?itok=b6QnotFj)
![Singers Amir Dadon and Meshi Kleinstein at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/13_62.jpg?itok=yVg7hjLA)
![The audience during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/14_61.jpg?itok=9r50Q7_x)
![The audience during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/14_61.jpg?itok=LzFDAwRV)
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. Yad Vashem, 11 April 2018.