Yom HaShoah 2432 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6192

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6192 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2429 27 Nisan 6189
Yom HaShoah 2430 28 Nisan 6190
Yom HaShoah 2431 27 Nisan 6191
Yom HaShoah 2432 27 Nisan 6192
Yom HaShoah 2433 28 Nisan 6193
Yom HaShoah 2434 28 Nisan 6194
Yom HaShoah 2435 27 Nisan 6195
Yom HaShoah 2436 27 Nisan 6196

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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