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HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY AT YAD VASHEM IN JERUSALEM

Vatican Ambassador to Israel, Monsignor Antonio Franco sits at the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, Israel on April 15, 2007. Initially the Vatican was not going to attend in protest of a caption at Yad Vashem that condemns the Pope Pius XII for refusing to help Jews during the Holocaust. (UPI Photo/David Blumenfeld/Pool).

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