Yom HaShoah 2772 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6532

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6532 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 2769 26 Nisan 6529
Yom HaShoah 2770 27 Nisan 6530
Yom HaShoah 2771 27 Nisan 6531
Yom HaShoah 2772 28 Nisan 6532
Yom HaShoah 2773 27 Nisan 6533
Yom HaShoah 2774 27 Nisan 6534
Yom HaShoah 2775 28 Nisan 6535
Yom HaShoah 2776 28 Nisan 6536

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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