Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Begins at Sunset (Jewish)

Yom Hashoah, also known as, Holocaust Day or Remembrance Day, is acknowledged on the first of May every year. 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. The Jewish holiday honors the lives of the millions of Jews who had their lives taken during the Holocaust.Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; "Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day"), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah 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 and public holiday. It is held on the 27 Nisan (April/May). In other countries there are different commemorative days – see Holocaust Memorial Day.

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