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A Day of Commemoration for Those Who Perished
In 1951, the Israeli Knesset declared that the 27th day of Nisan is to be Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day of commemoration for the Jews who perished and for those who showed resistance and heroism during the Holocaust. The day is the anniversary of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Authority
As part of a continuing effort to honor the victims of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, was established in 1953 by the Knesset. Yad Vashem also oversees the world-wide Holocaust memorial, “Unto Every Person There Is a Name,” a unique project designed to perpetuate the memory of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust by public recitation of their names on the Day of Remembrance.
Upcoming Days of Remembrance
2016: Thursday, May 5 2017: Monday, April 24 2018: Thursday, April 12 2019: Thursday, May 2 2020: Tuesday, April 21 2021: Thursday, April 7 2022: Thursday, April 28 2023: Tuesday, April 18 2024: Monday, May 6 2025: Thursday, April 24
