Holocaust Remembrance Day: Siren sounds, Israel comes to a standstill
Israelis across the country paused for two minutes on Thursday morning in order to remember the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: APRIL 28, 2022 12:41 Civilians stand as the siren sounded on Holocaust Remembrance Day to commemorate those who perished, April 28, 2022. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
A two-minute siren sounded on Thursday morning as all of Israel came to a standstill as the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust were remembered.
Cars came to a stop at 10:00 a.m. honoring the Holocaust Remembrance Day siren. (CREDIT: LAHAV HARKOV)
Israelis stand still as the siren to commemorate Holocaust victims sounds throughout Israel on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 28, 2022. (credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/MAARIV) Civilians stand as the siren sounded on Holocaust Remembrance Day to commemorate those who perished, April 28, 2022. (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
The official wreath-laying ceremony began at Yad Vashem immediately after the siren ended.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog lays a wreath at the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem, on April 28, 2022. (credit: AMOS BEN GERSHOM/GPO) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lays a wreath at the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem, on April 28, 2022. (credit: AMOS BEN GERSHOM/GPO)German Bundestag president Bärbel Bas lays a wreath at the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem, on April 28, 2022. (credit: OREN BEN HAKUN)
The focus then shifted to the Knesset for the ceremony called "Every Person Has a Name," where state leaders, ministers and Knesset members read out the names of their family members who perished in the Holocaust. High Court of Justice chief Esther Hayut lights a candle at the Knesset on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 28, 2022. (credit: NOAM MOSCOWITZ/KNESSET SPOKESMAN'S OFFICE)MK Sharren Haskel (New Hope) lights a candle with her father Amir at the Knesset on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 28, 2022. (credit: NOAM MOSCOWITZ/KNESSET SPOKESMAN'S OFFICE)The annual ceremony, ''Each Person Has a Name,'' is held at the Knesset on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 28, 2022. (credit: NOAM MOSCOWITZ/KNESSET SPOKESMAN'S OFFICE)
