German Chancellor Dr. Angela
Merkel and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at Yad Vashem
Ministers
from both Governments Accompany the Visit
German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel lays a wreath in the Hall
of Remembrance. To the Chancellor's left is Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert and to her right is the Chairman of the Yad Vashem
Directorate Avner Shalev.
German Chancellor Dr. Angela
Merkel signs the Visitors' Book upon exiting the Children's
Memorial.
German Chancellor
Dr. Angela Merkel accompanied by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and
eight Ministers from each government visited Yad Vashem on Monday,
March 17, 2008.
A memorial
ceremony, with the participation of the Chancellor and the Prime
Minister, and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev,
took place in the Hall of Remembrance.
Following the
ceremony, the Chancellor visited the Children’s Memorial, signed
the Yad Vashem Guest Book, and offered a short statement.
The Chancellor
last visited Yad Vashem in January 2006, when she had an extended
tour of the Holocaust History Museum.
