Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah
Also called	Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah Holocaust Remembrance Day
Observed by	Israeli Jews Many Jews worldwide
Type	Jewish
Significance	Commemorating the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust
Observances	No standard ritual; quiet observance and remembrance
Date	27th day of Nisan
2017 date	sunset, April 23 – nightfall, April 24.
2018 date	sunset, April 11 – nightfall, April 12.
2019 date	sunset, May 1 – nightfall, May 2.

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 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. It was inaugurated in 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 the Jewish Sabbath, in which case the date is shifted by a day.

Some other countries have different commemorative days for the same event—see Holocaust Memorial Day.

Yom HaShoah was inaugurated in 1953, anchored in a law signed by the Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, and the President of Israel, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.

The original proposal was to hold Yom HaShoah on the 14th of Nisan, the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising (April 19, 1943), but this was problematic because the 14th of Nisan is the day immediately before Pesach (Passover). The date was moved to the 27th of Nisan, which is eight days before Yom Ha'atzma'ut, or Israeli Independence Day.

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