NATIONAL YOM HASHOAH CEREMONY

Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah (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 six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. Inaugurated in 1953, it is a national memorial day and public holiday in Israel, held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May), unless the 27th is adjacent to Shabbat, in which case the date is shifted by one day.

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