Yom HaShoah 7412 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 11172

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 11172 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 7409 27 Nisan 11169
Yom HaShoah 7410 28 Nisan 11170
Yom HaShoah 7411 26 Nisan 11171
Yom HaShoah 7412 27 Nisan 11172
Yom HaShoah 7413 27 Nisan 11173
Yom HaShoah 7414 26 Nisan 11174
Yom HaShoah 7415 27 Nisan 11175
Yom HaShoah 7416 27 Nisan 11176

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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