Yom HaShoah - Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust is observed this year from Monday, April 13, and ends on Tuesday, April 14, at sunset.
Formally known as “Yom hazikaron lešoa velegevura - Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust,“ this day is dedicated to the memory of six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, the crimes of Nazi Germany and its collaborators, as well as the memory of Jewish resistance.
Yom HaShoah is commemorated on the 27th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, in memory of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. The date was established by the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in 1951, while the full name of the holiday was legally confirmed in 1959. This day is also a national memorial day of the State of Israel.
In Israel, Yom HaShoah is marked by a two-minute silence in the morning hours, during which, with the sound of sirens across the country, all activities come to a halt. Memorial gatherings are held in public and educational institutions, while flags are flown at half-mast. The central commemoration takes place at the Yad Vashem memorial center, and radio and television programs are adapted to commemorative content.