Carrying on the flame of memory

Six survivors light torches for Holocaust Remembrance Day.

yad vashem lighting torch 311 (photo credit: GPO)
yad vashem lighting torch 311
(photo credit: GPO)
The following Holocaust survivors opened Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies at Yad Vashem Sunday night by lighting torches. Here are their stories.
Sara Israeli - Spared from Auschwitz
Eliezer Ayalon –  From hell to aliya
Leo Luster –  Fled to the woods
Baruch Shub – From fixing trucks in Germany to fixing planes
Jakob Zim – Artist of light
Hannah Gofrit –  Flying like a butterfly