Israel came to a standstill for two minutes today as sirens wailed throughout the country in memory of the six million Jews killed by Nazi Germany nearly 60 years ago.
Israelis stopped their cars and stood beside them while the chilling sound of air-raid sirens blared throughout Israel at 7 a.m.
Israelis commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day at public ceremonies and in special radio and television broadcasts.
Israeli sirens sound two other times each year in commemoration of Israel's war dead.
