Yom HaShoah 5172 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8932

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8932 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 5169 27 Nisan 8929
Yom HaShoah 5170 27 Nisan 8930
Yom HaShoah 5171 28 Nisan 8931
Yom HaShoah 5172 27 Nisan 8932
Yom HaShoah 5173 27 Nisan 8933
Yom HaShoah 5174 28 Nisan 8934
Yom HaShoah 5175 27 Nisan 8935
Yom HaShoah 5176 27 Nisan 8936

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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