Torchlighting ceremony
Torchlighting ceremonyScreenshot

Six Holocaust survivors lit six candles on Wednesday night, one for each million Jews killed in the Holocaust, at the official Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. This year's theme is "Keeping the Human Spirit during the Holocaust." 

The six individuals chosen to light the torches are: Joshua Hesel Fried, Haim Grosbein, Sara Kain, Joseph Labi, Lonia Rozenhoch, and Robert Tomashof.

Holocaust Remembrance Day Torch Lighters
Holocaust Remembrance Day Torch LightersYad Vashem