Yom HaShoah 7575 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 11335

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 11335 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 7572 27 Nisan 11332
Yom HaShoah 7573 28 Nisan 11333
Yom HaShoah 7574 27 Nisan 11334
Yom HaShoah 7575 27 Nisan 11335
Yom HaShoah 7576 28 Nisan 11336
Yom HaShoah 7577 27 Nisan 11337
Yom HaShoah 7578 27 Nisan 11338
Yom HaShoah 7579 28 Nisan 11339

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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