NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Today also marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, an international observance in tribute to the victims of Nazi atrocities during World War II. Sirens wailed for two minutes in Israel, and Holocaust survivors lit six flames to represent the six million Jews who died. Jewish young people from around the world held a silent march in Poland. More than 1,000 participants walked past the site of the Auschwitz death camp. President Bush talked about the Holocaust in a speech today. CNN's Jeanne Meserve joins us with more about it from Washington -- Jeanne.</s>JEANNE MESERVE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Natalie, it was somber Days of Remembrance Ceremony on the U.S. Capitol, where President Bush was gained -- was joined, rather -- by diplomats and many other Americans who were touched by that episode in history. In his remarks, Mr. Bush recalled the seemingly progressive regime that was responsible for the Holocaust.</s>PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: Their crimes showed the word that evil can slip in and blend in amid the most civilized of surroundings. In the end, only conscience can stop it, and moral discernment and decency and tolerance. These can never be assured many any time or in any society. They must always be taught.</s>MESERVE: Also speaking at the event, Ali Wassell, a champion of Holocaust survivors, and himself a survivor of Auschwitz.</s>ALI WASSELL, AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR: How does one mourn for six million people who died? How many candles does one light? How many prayers does one recite?</s>MESERVE: And light candles they did. Amongst those lighting memorial candles, First Lady Laura Bush, also Tom Lantos. He fought in the underground against the Nazis. He was then captured, put in forced labor camps, and he now serves as a member of Congress from California.
Today Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day