epa12576408 Dani Dayan (R), chairman of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, stands with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (C) at the museum's Hall of Names in Jerusalem, 07 December 2025. EPA/JOHN WESSELS / POOL

epa12576409 Dani Dayan (R), chairman of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, stands with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the museum's Hall of Names in Jerusalem, 07 December 2025. EPA/JOHN WESSELS / POOL

epa12576392 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz lays a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, 07 December 2025. EPA/JOHN WESSELS / POOL

epa12576391 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz lays a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, 07 December 2025. EPA/JOHN WESSELS / POOL

epa12576390 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz lays a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, 07 December 2025. EPA/JOHN WESSELS / POOL