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Holocaust first

Wednesday 06 April 1994 23:02 BST
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For the first time, Russia observed Yom Hashoah, the international day commemorating the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, Agencies report. In Rome, the Vatican will pay unprecedented tribute to their memory at a concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tomorrow. The Pope will attend, along with survivors and the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Elio Toaff.

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