Yom HaShoah 8272 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 12032

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 12032 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 8269 28 Nisan 12029
Yom HaShoah 8270 28 Nisan 12030
Yom HaShoah 8271 27 Nisan 12031
Yom HaShoah 8272 27 Nisan 12032
Yom HaShoah 8273 28 Nisan 12033
Yom HaShoah 8274 27 Nisan 12034
Yom HaShoah 8275 27 Nisan 12035
Yom HaShoah 8276 28 Nisan 12036

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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