Yom HaShoah 6308 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10068

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10068 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 6305 26 Nisan 10065
Yom HaShoah 6306 27 Nisan 10066
Yom HaShoah 6307 28 Nisan 10067
Yom HaShoah 6308 28 Nisan 10068
Yom HaShoah 6309 27 Nisan 10069
Yom HaShoah 6310 27 Nisan 10070
Yom HaShoah 6311 28 Nisan 10071
Yom HaShoah 6312 27 Nisan 10072

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
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