Montreal Gazette | Israel comes to standstill to remember Holocaust Houston Chronicle JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes Monday as sirens pierced the air in an annual ritual to remember the 6 million Jews systematically murdered by German Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust in WWII. Israel falls silent to recall Holocaust victims Israel remembers 6 million Shoah victims Greek Jews commemorate deportations to Auschwitz |