A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Siege of Leningrad was inaugurated in Jerusalem on Thursday.
The event is part of the The Fifth World Holocaust Forum taking place at the Yad Vashem remembrance centre on Thursday. The forum marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp; organisers have declared a zero-tolerance approach to antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
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