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    ISRAEL COMMEMORATES HOLOCAUST VICTIMS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    May 2, 2011 - 16:29 AMT

    Israelis across the nation paused in memory of the six million Jews
    killed during the Holocaust, as a siren sounded throughout Israel on
    Monday, May 2.

    The theme of this year's commemoration is "Fragments of Memory: The
    Faces Behind the Documents, Artifacts and Photographs." The central
    ceremony commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day is to take place at
    the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. Israel's observance
    of Holocaust Remembrance Day lasts until Monday sundown.

    Ahead of this year's Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem announced
    it was launching a nationwide effort to collect documents, diaries,
    photographs, artwork and other items from the time of the Holocaust
    in the possession of individuals, so that they can be documented and
    preserved for future generations.

    The Holocaust authority is also launching a virtual memorial wall on
    Facebook, which will allow visitors to post the names of those who
    perished in the Holocaust, haaretz.com reported.




    From: A. Papazian
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