Yom HaShoah
Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah (Hebrew: יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה, lit. 'Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day'), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (Hebrew: יום השואה, Yiddish: יום השואה) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day. The first official commemorations took place in 1951, and the observance of the day was anchored in a law passed by the Knesset in 1959. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (which falls in April or May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to the Jewish Sabbath, in which case the date is shifted by a day.
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"March of the Living" at Auschwitz, 2014 | |
| Also called | Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| Observed by | State of Israel Many Jews elsewhere |
| Type | Jewish (national) |
| Significance | Commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and the heroism of survivors and rescuers |
| Observances | Flags lowered to half-mast, public places of entertainment closed; national opening ceremony and closing ceremonies; siren at 10:00 signaling the start of two minutes of silence |
| Date | 27th day of Nisan |
| 2023 date | Sunset, 17 April – nightfall, 18 April |
| 2024 date | Sunset, 5 May – nightfall, 6 May |
| 2025 date | Sunset, 23 April – nightfall, 24 April |
| 2026 date | Sunset, 13 April – nightfall, 14 April |
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