Idag högtidlighöll Israel
Kl 10 stannade hela landet för en
stund medan luftförsvarssirenerna tjöt.
Buses and cars halted on streets and highways as Israelis
stepped out of their vehicles and stood with heads bowed.
The sirens were followed by ceremonies marking Holocaust
Remembrance Day in schools, public institutions and army
bases.
Holocaust Remembrance Day is scheduled on the same
date as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising — the ultimately
doomed revolt that played an important role in
defining Israel’s national psyche. Israel’s identity is
defined by the axiom that never again will Jews
be helpless in the face of annihilation.
(Times of Israel)
Samtidigt vandrade 12.000 människor med Israels och
Polens presidenter i spetsen i "De levandes marsch"
mellan Auschwitz och Birkenau, platsen för mordet
på över en miljon människor under den tyska
ockupationen.
