Yom HaShoah 6072 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9832

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9832 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 6069 27 Nisan 9829
Yom HaShoah 6070 28 Nisan 9830
Yom HaShoah 6071 28 Nisan 9831
Yom HaShoah 6072 27 Nisan 9832
Yom HaShoah 6073 27 Nisan 9833
Yom HaShoah 6074 28 Nisan 9834
Yom HaShoah 6075 27 Nisan 9835
Yom HaShoah 6076 27 Nisan 9836

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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