Posted on 04/28/22
| News Source: i24
Nation comes to a standstill in memory of six million Jews murdered by Nazi regime
Sirens sounded across Israel for two minutes at 10 am Thursday as the nation came to a standstill in memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Nazi Holocaust.
(Video: BJLife/Sharon Altshul)
The sirens marked the start of Thursday's commemoration events for Israel's annual national holiday Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day.
The opening ceremony took place on Wednesday night at Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Jerusalem.
Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Isaac Herzog spoke to a gathering of dignitaries and Holocaust survivors.
The annual observance of the genocide during World War II comes amid a disturbing rise in antisemitic incidents around the world, according to a new report from Tel Aviv University.