Updated: May 5, 2016 at 12:38 PM
Israelis observe Holocaust Remembrance Day (17 images)
Sirens sounded across Israel on Thursday morning, May 5, 2016, bringing life to a halt as Israelis observed a moment of silence to honor the memory of the six million Jews killed by Nazis during World War II.
An Ultra-Orthodox Jew looks at Nazi swastikas at an exhibition in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum on the eve of Israel's annual Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 4, 2016. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI
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Holocaust survivor Eliezer Lev Zion shares his personal testimony to Israeli border police before a Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day ceremony in the Martyr's Forest near Moshav Kesalon, Israel, on May 5, 2016. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, right, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Avner Shalev stand during a sirens as part of a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, in Jerusalem, on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Pool Photo by Dan Balilty/UPI
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Holocaust survivor Eliezer Lev Zion shares his personal testimony to Israeli border police before a Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day ceremony in the Martyr's Forest near Moshav Kesalon, Israel, on May 5, 2016. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI
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