Yom HaShoah
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Yom HaShoah is Israel’s national Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and honoring Jewish resistance.
All labels observed (8)
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust remembrance day
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Israeli national holiday ⓘ memorial day ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Yom HaShoah
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surface form:
Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day
Yom HaShoah ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day
Yom HaShoah ⓘ
surface form:
Yom HaShoah veHaGevurah
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| 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
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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
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27th day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Knesset ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| lawEnacted | 1953 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | Israeli national memorial day ⓘ |
| literalMeaning |
Yom HaShoah
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Day of the Holocaust
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| observedBy |
Jewish communities worldwide
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Israel ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
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| partOf |
Israeli civil calendar
ⓘ
Jewish cycle of Holocaust remembrance ⓘ |
| precededBy | Passover ⓘ |
| primaryLocationOfStateCeremony |
YadVashem
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surface form:
Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
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| relatedHoliday |
InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay
ⓘ
surface form:
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tisha BAv ⓘ
surface form:
Tisha B'Av
Yom Ha’atzmaut ⓘ
surface form:
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
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early May ⓘ |
| yearEstablished | 1951 ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Yom HaShoah veHaGevurah
this entity surface form:
Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day
this entity surface form:
Day of the Holocaust
subject surface form:
Yom HaShoah
this entity surface form:
Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah
this entity surface form:
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
subject surface form:
Raoul Wallenberg Day
this entity surface form:
Yom HaShoah ceremonies