Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day began in Israel. The annual event, which this year coincides with the 60th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, was launched with a torch-lighting ceremony by Holocaust survivors at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
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