Yom HaShoah 1956 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5716

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5716 began on and ended on .

Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day”), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (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 and five million others who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day and public holiday. It was inaugurated on 1953, anchored by a law signed by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to Shabbat, in which case the date is shifted by a day.

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Dates for Yom HaShoah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom HaShoah 1953 28 Nisan 5713
Yom HaShoah 1954 26 Nisan 5714
Yom HaShoah 1955 27 Nisan 5715
Yom HaShoah 1956 28 Nisan 5716
Yom HaShoah 1957 28 Nisan 5717
Yom HaShoah 1958 27 Nisan 5718
Yom HaShoah 1959 27 Nisan 5719
Yom HaShoah 1960 28 Nisan 5720

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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