Israel comes to a standstill as it commemorates Holocaust victims – Sirens blare throughout country while Jewish state remembers six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II | Timesofisrael

Israel came to a standstill at 10 a.m. on Thursday as sirens wailed throughout the country in memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II.
The annual Holocaust Remembrance Day is one of the most solemn days on Israel’s national calendar, with much of the country all but shutting down for those two minutes to honor those who suffered under the Nazi killing machine.