Yad Vashem

Pope Benedict XVI, center in white, stands up the Eternal Flame at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009


















Pope Benedict XVI walks past Rabbi Israel Meir Lau during a ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem May 11, 2009


Pope Benedict XVI rekindles the Eternal Flame at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009








Pope Benedict XVI makes a speech at the Eternal Flame at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009.





Pope Benedict XVI walks to holocaust survivors during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009


Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with holocaust survivors during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009





Pope Benedict XVI looks at a copy of a painting by Jewish artist Felix Nussbaum, who was killed in the Holocaust, after receiving it as a gift during a ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem May 11, 2009


Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Yisrael (Israel) Meir Lau the Chairman of Yad Vashem and Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009



Pope Benedict XVI, right, talks with Yisrael (Israel) Meir Lau the Chairman of Yad Vashem and Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv left, at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009