Israel marked 80 years since the World War II genocide of the Jewish people on Wednesday night, with the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
A siren marking the six million victims of the Holocaust is set to sound on Thursday morning, but on Wednesday night an official ceremony was held at Yad Vashem.
This year's theme
With the year's theme, Out of the Depth: The Anguish of Liberation, the ceremony was set to see remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog.
Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber was set to recite a chapter from psalms, and Chief Rabbi David Yosef the mourners kaddish. Holocaust survivor Yehuda Haptman is set to recite a prayer for the souls of the martyrs.
On Thursday, the public is welcome to light candles in the Warsaw Ghetto Square.
