Jews “On the Edge”: Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2014

April 27, 2014
President Shimon Peres gives his address at the o Opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2013; photo courtesy.
President Shimon Peres at the Opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2013; photo courtesy.

The official Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day will take place today, April 27, 2014 at 20:00, in Warsaw Ghetto Square, Yad Vashem, Mount of Remembrance, Jerusalem.

The central theme for this year’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day is Jews “On the Edge”: 1944: Between Annihilation and Liberation.

Israel’s President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak and Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, will kindle the Memorial Torch.