President Reuven Rivlin eulogized Samuel Willenberg, the last known survivor of Treblinka, at his funeral on Monday afternoon.
"Just over a year ago I met Samuel for the last time. On Polish soil. We traveled to Poland for the inauguration ceremony of the Jewish Museum in Warsaw. Samuel described courageously and with endless compassion what had happened to him," Rivlin said.
"Samuel, I came here today to tell you - you are a hero. And what a hero, Samuel. You are a symbol of heroism. A symbol for an entire generation of Holocaust Survivors. Heroes. Strong and courageous people. Invincible. Optimistic. Who survived the destruction and could grow once again. Who experienced the horror and choose life."