Yom HaShoah 3772 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7532

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7532 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 3769 28 Nisan 7529
Yom HaShoah 3770 28 Nisan 7530
Yom HaShoah 3771 27 Nisan 7531
Yom HaShoah 3772 27 Nisan 7532
Yom HaShoah 3773 28 Nisan 7533
Yom HaShoah 3774 27 Nisan 7534
Yom HaShoah 3775 27 Nisan 7535
Yom HaShoah 3776 27 Nisan 7536

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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