| Country |
Date |
Name |
Notes |
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| United Nations |
27 January |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005 during the 42nd plenary session. |
| Israel (and many Jewish communities outside of Israel) |
27 Nisan (April/May) |
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Day), or Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura (Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day) |
Both an Israeli holiday, more accurately an official date of remembrance, and also a holiday or holy day commemorated and observed by many Jewish communities in the United States and around the world. Although secular in the sense that there are no religious obligations or prohibitions, special prayers and rituals have developed over the years, such as lighting six memorial candles—one for each million of the six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust.
In Israel, an official state memorial service is held at 8 p.m. on the eve of Yom HaShoah at Yad Vashem (note that all dates on the Jewish calendar begin at sunset and end at nightfall on the next day), which is attended by Israel's president, prime minister, chief rabbis and other invited dignatories and guests including Holocaust survivors, six of whom are chosen to light a memorial torch; the service is broadcast in full on television. In addition, many congregations and other Jewish groups in Israel and around the world hold their own memorial services that evening, and many individuals light a memorial candle ("yahrzeit candle") at home. Restaurants and places of entertainment are closed by law throughout Israel for Yom HaShoah, and television and radio programming is primarily dedicated to Holocaust-related issues. On the morning of Yom HaShoah, a two minute siren sounds throughout the country, during which people—including those driving—stop whatever they are doing and stand at silent attention in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
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| European Union |
27 January |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
since 2005 |
| Czech Republic |
27 January |
Den pamatky obeti holocaustu a predchazeni zlocinu proti lidskosti (Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity) |
| France |
16 July |
Anniversaire de la rafle du Vélodrome d'hiver (Anniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup) |
Remembrance marking the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews in Paris on this date in 1942 and their extermination at Auschwitz. |
| Germany |
27 January |
Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Memorial Day for the Victims of National Socialism) |
| Italy |
27 January |
Giorno della Memoria (Memorial Day) |
| Netherlands |
4 May |
Nationale Herdenkingsdag (National Memorial Day) |
| Poland |
19 April |
Holocaust Remembrance Day |
Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising |
| Romania |
9 October |
Ziua Naţională de Comemorare a Holocaustului (National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust) |
| Serbia |
22 April |
Dan sećanja na žrtve holokausta (Holocaust Remembrance Day) |
| United Kingdom |
27 January |
Holocaust Memorial Day |
| United States |
8 May |
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust |
Proposed by Steven Spielberg, film director of Schindler's List a story of a Nazi party member who saved 1,100 Jews from extermination. Not a federal holiday, but in 2005 the United States had a "moment of silence" on the 60th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany. The world became more aware of the Holocaust when Allied troops liberated those held in Nazi concentration camps. |
| United States |
8-day period, from the Sunday before Yom Hashoah to the Sunday after Yom Hashoah |
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (DRVH) |
Established by Congress as the period for remembrance programs and ceremonies, with the participation of States, Cities, and military ships and stations. The annual National Civic Commemoration is held in the Capitol Rotunda. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum provides support materials linked to an annual theme. The Department of Defense produced a resource guide for military programs. |
| Manitoba, Canada |
27 Nisan (April/May) |
The Canadian province of Manitoba enacted legislation to recognize Holocaust Memorial Day in 2000.[1] |
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