Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on April 18, 2012. Israel began to mark the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Wednesday night commemorating the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust during World War Two.[Xinhua]

A Holocaust survivor lights a torch during the opening ceremony of the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on April 18, 2012. Israel began to mark the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Wednesday night commemorating the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust during World War Two.[Xinhua]

Israeli President Shimon Peres speaks during the opening ceremony of the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on April 18, 2012. Israel began to mark the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Wednesday night commemorating the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust during World War Two. [Xinhua]

Israeli President Shimon Peres speaks during the opening ceremony of the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on April 18, 2012. Israel began to mark the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Wednesday night commemorating the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust during World War Two.[Xinhua]