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Yom HaShoah (יום השואה yom hash-sho’āh ), or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a Jewish holiday that takes place on the 27th day of Nisan , in the Hebrew calendar . It is held every year in remembrance of the approximately six million Jews who died in the Holocaust . It is a national holiday in Israel . It was originally proposed to be on the 15th of Nisan, the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising ( April 19 , 1943 ), but this was objected to as being the first day of Passover . Instead, the 27th was chosen, being eight days before Yom Ha'atzma'ut , or Israeli Independence Day . Yom HaShoah was established by Israeli law in 1959 , and was signed by David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi , then prime minister of Israel and president of Israel , respectively. At 10:00am on Yom HaShoah, air-raid sirens sound for two minutes throughout Israel. Public transport (including virtually all highway vehicles) comes to a standstill for this period, and people stop and stand silent. During Yom HaShoah, much public entertainment and many public establishments in Israel are closed by law. Israeli television and radio channels transmit mourning songs and documentaries about the Holocaust, and no commercials. All flags on public buildings are flown at half mast . Also during this day, tens of thousands of Israeli high-school students hold a memorial service in Auschwitz , in what became known as " The March of the Living ", in defiance of the Holocaust Death Marches . This event is endorsed and subsidized by the Israeli Ministry of Education, and is considered an important part of the academic studies - a culmination of several months of studies on World War II and the Holocaust.1
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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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Louis Nuremberg trials Denazification Aftermath Bricha Displaced persons Survivors Central Committee of the Liberated Jews Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany Lists Holocaust survivors Deportations of French Jews to death camps Survivors of Sobibor Timeline of Treblinka extermination camp Victims of Nazism Rescue of Jews Memorials and museums Resources Bibliography Bibliography of Nazi Germany The Destruction of the European Jews Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos Functionalism versus intentionalism Remembrance Days of remembrance Memorials and museums Righteous Among the Nations v t e 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 .
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Israel's day of commemoration for the Jews who perished in the Holocaust There are a number of Holocaust Memorial Days ; though not all on the same day. Louis Nuremberg trials Denazification Aftermath Bricha Displaced persons Survivors Central Committee of the Liberated Jews Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany Lists Holocaust survivors Deportations of French Jews to death camps Survivors of Sobibor Timeline of Treblinka extermination camp Victims of Nazism Rescue of Jews Memorials and museums Resources Bibliography Bibliography of Nazi Germany The Destruction of the European Jews Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos Functionalism versus intentionalism Remembrance Days of remembrance Memorials and museums Righteous Among the Nations v t e Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah ( ), 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 collaborators, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day. The first official commemorations took place in 1951, and the observance of the day was anchored in a law passed by the Knesset in 1959. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (falls in April or May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to the Jewish Sabbath , in which case the date is shifted by a day.
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Israel's day of commemoration for the Jews murdered in the Holocaust For similar commemorations which are held on different days, see Holocaust memorial days . Louis Nuremberg trials Denazification Aftermath Bricha Displaced persons Survivors Central Committee of the Liberated Jews Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany Lists Holocaust survivors Deportations of French Jews to death camps Survivors of Sobibor Timeline of Treblinka extermination camp Victims of Nazism Rescue of Jews Memorials and museums Resources Bibliography Bibliography of Nazi Germany The Destruction of the European Jews Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos Functionalism versus intentionalism Remembrance Days of remembrance Memorials and museums Righteous Among the Nations v t e Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah ( ), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah ( , ) and in English as International Holocaust Remembrance Day , or Holocaust Day , is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day. The first official commemorations took place in 1951, and the observance of the day was anchored in a law passed by the Knesset in 1959. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (which falls in April or May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to the Jewish Sabbath , in which case the date is shifted by a day.
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Israel's day of commemoration for the Jews murdered in the Holocaust For similar commemorations which are held on different days, see Holocaust memorial days . Louis Nuremberg trials Denazification Aftermath Bricha Displaced persons Survivors Central Committee of the Liberated Jews Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany Lists Holocaust survivors Deportations of French Jews to death camps Survivors of Sobibor Timeline of Treblinka extermination camp Victims of Nazism Rescue of Jews Memorials and museums Resources Bibliography Bibliography of Nazi Germany The Destruction of the European Jews Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos Functionalism versus intentionalism Remembrance Days of remembrance Memorials and museums Righteous Among the Nations v t e Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah ( Hebrew : יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה , lit. ' Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day ' ), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah ( Hebrew : יום השואה , Yiddish : 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 murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its allies, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day. The first official commemorations took place in 1951, and the observance of the day was anchored in a law passed by the Knesset in 1959. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (which falls in April or May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to the Jewish Sabbath , in which case the date is shifted by a day. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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jewish holiday that takes place on the 27th day of nisan
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israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million jews murdered in the holocaust by nazi germany
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