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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

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President Shimon Peres gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

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Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

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Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev lights the Memorial Torch during the ceremony

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IDF soldiers stand at attention during the ceremony

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Twins Iudit Barnea and Lia Huber (nées Csengeri) light one of the six torches at the ceremony

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Violinist David Strongin (left), playing the violin that belonged to young partisan Motteleh Schlein, and violinists Michael Feigin (center) and Mark Karlinsky perform "Eli Eli Lama Azavtani", a melody from Psalms Chapter 22