The full text of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar's address at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar participated on Wednesday at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony dedicated to the memory of foreign diplomats who helped save Jews during the Holocaust.
The ceremony took place next to the wall honoring the Righteous Among the Nations diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. The names of 49 diplomats who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust are commemorated on the wall.
Over 80 ambassadors and heads of foreign missions attended the ceremony, including Swiss Ambassador to Israel Simon Geissbühler, who delivered remarks in memory of Carl Lutz, a Swiss diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.