Yom HaShoah 5315 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9075

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9075 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 5312 27 Nisan 9072
Yom HaShoah 5313 26 Nisan 9073
Yom HaShoah 5314 27 Nisan 9074
Yom HaShoah 5315 27 Nisan 9075
Yom HaShoah 5316 28 Nisan 9076
Yom HaShoah 5317 26 Nisan 9077
Yom HaShoah 5318 27 Nisan 9078
Yom HaShoah 5319 28 Nisan 9079

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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