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Yom HaShoah
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Israel's day of commemoration for the Jews who perished in the Holocaust
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It sits within the topics Holocaust remembrance days, Infobox holiday (other) and Jewish observances.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Also called
- Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Observed by
- State of Israel, Many Jews elsewhere
- Type
- Jewish (national)
- Significance
- Commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust , and the heroism of survivors and rescuers
- Observances
- Flags lowered to half-mast, public places of entertainment closed; national opening ceremony and closing ceremonies; siren at 10:00 a.m. signaling the start of two minutes of silence
- Date
- 27th day of Nisan
- 2025 date
- Sunset, 23 April –, nightfall, 24 April
- 2026 date
- Sunset, 13 April –, nightfall, 14 April
- 2027 date
- Sunset, 3 May –, nightfall, 4 May
- 2028 date
- Sunset, 23 April –, nightfall, 24 April
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- national day of mourning
- Country
- Israel
- Image
- Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, April 2023 (GPOHZ0 4529).jpg
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- Commons category
- Yom HaShoah
- commemorates
- The Holocaust
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Encyclopedic overview
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Early policies
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yom HaShoah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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