On October 26, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin presented the legendary French chanson Charles Aznavour with the Raoul Wallenberg medal "For heroic actions during the Holocaust."
The ceremony took place in the Jerusalem residence of the President of Israel. She also attended the son of Charles Aznavour, Nicholas. Another medal was given to the singer's sister, Aida, who could not fly to Israel.
October 28 in the Hall of Menorah-Mivtachim in Tel Aviv, 93-year-old Charles Aznavour will give the only concert.
During the Second World War Aznavour's family was closely connected with the resistance group Misak Manushian. They, risking their own lives, hid in their apartment in Paris, Armenians, Jews and all those persecuted by the Nazis.
The initiator of the awarding of Charles Aznavour and his sister Aida was the Israeli professor Yair Auron, a specialist in the history of the Holocaust.