Scenes from the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem, 01 May 2019.
![The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/04_352.jpg?itok=lat_WfQ1)
![The IDF Paratroopers’ Guard of Honor during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/04_352.jpg?itok=Y2oHJRYF)
![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/01_746.jpg?itok=ucY3QqB6)
![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/01_746.jpg?itok=TqSk9XgW)
![President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/03_437.jpg?itok=gjQRwSmI)
![President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/03_437.jpg?itok=e1HMpJFG)
![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_534.jpg?itok=v_uVjuvF)
![Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/02_534.jpg?itok=Ux9Gx4Ia)
![Holocaust survivor Bela Eizenman lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/bela-eizenman.jpg?itok=hQ0Q4lhk)
![Holocaust survivor Bela Eizenman lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/bela-eizenman.jpg?itok=PZkN0C7k)
![Holocaust survivor Shaul Lubovitz lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/shaul-lubovitz.jpg?itok=SiAen3TG)
![Holocaust survivor Shaul Lubovitz lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/shaul-lubovitz.jpg?itok=YZqoxz2q)
![Holocaust survivor Fanny Ben-Ami lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/fanny-ben-ami.jpg?itok=qm1zp8mP)
![Holocaust survivor Fanny Ben-Ami lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/fanny-ben-ami.jpg?itok=HZHM_dPu)
![Holocaust survivor Menachem Haberman lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/menachem-haberman.jpg?itok=1AcrYsp9)
![Holocaust survivor Menachem Haberman lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/menachem-haberman.jpg?itok=uJv4yZoz)
![Holocaust survivor Sara Shapira lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/sara-shapira.jpg?itok=Am9YRpkE)
![Holocaust survivor Sara Shapira lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/sara-shapira.jpg?itok=HvDInzWc)
![Holocaust survivor Yehuda Mimon lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/yehuda-mimon.jpg?itok=RH7Q1yg4)
![Holocaust survivor Yehuda Mimon lights one of the six torches at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/yehuda-mimon.jpg?itok=ITwbVIv-)
![Zipora Granat 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/ISH_0450.jpg?itok=kviRm8qY)
![Zipora Granat 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/ISH_0450.jpg?itok=JLp10fPn)
![The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau recites psalms](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/12_75.jpg?itok=YZ9vEqRl)
![The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau recites psalms](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/12_75.jpg?itok=eP--R0vP)
![Singers Miri Mesika and Idan Rafael Haviv at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/13_61.jpg?itok=nQogpEpW)
![Singers Miri Mesika and Idan Rafael Haviv at the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/13_61.jpg?itok=X4XKg1Wd)
![The audience during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/14_60.jpg?itok=XL5nGVdi)
![The audience during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/14_60.jpg?itok=kVOdinah)
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, 01 May 2019.