Yom HaShoah

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Holocaust remembrance day Israeli national holiday memorial day

Yom HaShoah is Israel’s national Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and honoring Jewish resistance.

Aliases (6)

Day of the Holocaust ×1
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) ×1
Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day ×1
Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day ×1
Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah ×1
Yom HaShoah veHaGevurah ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Holocaust remembrance day → Israeli national holiday → memorial day →
alsoKnownAs	Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day → Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day → Yom HaShoah veHaGevurah →
calendar	Hebrew calendar →
commemorates	Holocaust → Jewish resistance during the Holocaust → six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust → victims of Nazi persecution →
country	Israel →
custom	closing of places of entertainment in Israel → educational programs about the Holocaust → lighting of memorial candles → lowering flags to half-mast in Israel → memorial prayers and Kaddish → public standstill during siren in Israel → recitation of names of Holocaust victims → state ceremonies at Yad Vashem → two-minute siren in Israel →
dateRule	27 Nisan → 27th day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar →
establishedBy	Knesset →
languageOfName	Hebrew →
lawEnacted	1953 →
legalStatus	Israeli national memorial day →
literalMeaning	Day of the Holocaust →
observedBy	Jewish communities worldwide → State of Israel →
partOf	Israeli civil calendar → Jewish cycle of Holocaust remembrance →
precededBy	Passover →
primaryLocationOfStateCeremony	Yad Vashem, Jerusalem →
relatedHoliday	International Holocaust Remembrance Day → Tisha B'Av → Yom HaAtzmaut → Yom HaZikaron →
relatedTo	Warsaw Ghetto Uprising →
religion	Judaism →
theme	collective mourning → education about the Holocaust → heroism and resistance → remembrance of Holocaust victims →
typeOfDay	day of remembrance →
typicalGregorianTiming	April → early May →
yearEstablished	1951 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Yom HaShoah ("Yom HaShoah veHaGevurah") → Yom HaShoah ("Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day") → Yom HaShoah ("Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day") →	alsoKnownAs
Day of Independence ("Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)") →	adjacentTo
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising →	commemoratedOn
Yom HaShoah ("Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah") →	fullName
Holocaust remembrance →	isObservedOn
Yom HaShoah ("Day of the Holocaust") →	literalMeaning
International Holocaust Remembrance Day →	relatedTo