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Holocaust Remembrance Day In Israel

The day marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Holocaust Remembrance Day In Israel

Oded Balilty / AP

By Simon Kaufman

Posted: 10:11 a.m. EDT Apr 9, 2021

A powerful moment Thursday in Israel. The whole country coming to a standstill on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

People stopping in place for two minutes in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

The day marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising — a show of Jewish Resistance against Nazi Germany.

More than six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.

Millions of others including Soviets, Roma Gypsies and gays were also murdered.

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