Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah
"March of the Living" at Auschwitz, 2014
Also calledYom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Observed byState of Israel
Many Jews elsewhere
TypeJewish (national)
SignificanceCommemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and the heroism of survivors and rescuers
ObservancesFlags lowered to half-mast, public places of entertainment closed; national opening ceremony and closing ceremonies; siren at 10:00 a.m. signaling the start of two minutes of silence
Date27th day of Nisan[a]
2023 dateSunset, 17 April –
nightfall, 18 April[1]
2024 dateSunset, 5 May –
nightfall, 6 May[1]
2025 dateSunset, 23 April –
nightfall, 24 April[1]
2026 dateSunset, 13 April –
nightfall, 14 April[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]


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  1. ^ a b c d "Dates for Yom HaShoah". Hebcal.com by Danny Sadinoff and Michael J. Radwin (CC-BY-3.0). Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "Holocaust Memorial Day - Jewish Tradition". yahadut.org. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "Remembrance Day Calendar". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved April 15, 2015.