"In the Kibbutz Beeri massacre, I know every single person, every single member of my kibbutz and their children. For me, it was a second holocaust," he said.
While Holocaust survivors are now spread across 90 different countries, 49% reside within Israel.
During the course of the evening, the audience will hear half a dozen ambassadors relate the Holocaust experiences of six survivors, interspersed by musical interludes.
In 2011, Eugenia Unger was declared Outstanding Personality by the Buenos Aires city parliament.
Seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette was raised Catholic and is now a practicing Buddhist. But her mother was born in Hungary to two Holocaust survivor parents.
While Yoav Shimoni is suffering in his heart over the loss of his beloved grandmother, he says that living with antisemitic fears in Toronto have also become a new discomfort.
Yaffa Adar had said that she found strength by singing the music of the Italian singer.
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