Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with siren, memorial services

02.05.2011                      28.Nisan, 5771                      Holocaust-Tag; Tag 13 des Omer

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Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with siren, memorial services

The theme of this year's commemoration is 'Fragments of Memory: The Faces Behind the Documents, Artifacts and Photographs.'

Israelis across the nation paused in memory of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, as a siren sounded throughout Israel on Monday.
The central ceremony commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day is to take place at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
Israel's observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day lasts until Monday sundown….