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Thursday, May 5, 2016, is a day of remembrance for six million Jews who perished during the Holocaust
The Holocaust is the term used to refer to the period from 1933 to 1945, before and during World War II, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis systematically persecuted and murdered nearly six million Jews. More than one third of the World Jewry, as well as another five million non-Jews throughout Europe, were killed during this period. The genocide, or what the Nazis dubbed “The Final Solution,” occurred mainly at six death camps located in Poland.
The motto “Work Makes Free” is inscribed in the gates of the first Nazi concentration camp near Dachau, Germany.
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- Encyclopedia: Holocaust Timeline: Holocaust Judaism Primer The Jewish Calendar Jewish Holiday Dates Defining Genocide Branches of Judaism Almanac: Judaism The Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance U.S. Holocaust Museum Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority
A Day of Commemoration for Those Who Perished
In 1951, the Israeli Knesset declared that the 27th day of Nisan is to be Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day of commemoration for the Jews who perished and for those who showed resistance and heroism during the Holocaust. The day is the anniversary of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Authority
As part of a continuing effort to honor the victims of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, was established in 1953 by the Knesset. Yad Vashem also oversees the world-wide Holocaust memorial, “Unto Every Person There Is a Name,” a unique project designed to perpetuate the memory of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust by public recitation of their names on the Day of Remembrance.
Upcoming Days of Remembrance
- 2016: Thursday, May 5 2017: Monday, April 24 2018: Thursday, April 12 2019: Thursday, May 2 2020: Tuesday, April 21 2021: Thursday, April 7 2022: Thursday, April 28 2023: Tuesday, April 18 2024: Monday, May 6 2025: Thursday, April 24
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- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
