Heroic rescue efforts from devastated Ukraine allowed some 20 Holocaust survivors to make their way to Israel on this very symbolic date; 'I knew I wanted to come to Israel and be with my granddaughter and great-grandchildren,' says one survivor

On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, 100 Holocaust survivors asked people to stand with them and remember the Nazi genocide to avoid repeating the horrors of the past; 'It is important to remember because it is a part of our heritage and our legacy'

He was just a child when the bombing of Kyiv began in summer 1941; 81 years later, Lazar Goldman had to flee the inferno of war once more, but this time to reunite with his family in Israel

Holocaust survivors, Ukrainian war refugees, descendants of Nazi officers and for the first time a delegation of Arab-Israeli youth - all set to participate in annual commemoration event; 'What's happening here is beyond coexistence,' says member of youth movement