Yom HaShoah 1999 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5759

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5759 began on and ended on .

Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day”), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as Israel’s day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews and five million others who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day and public holiday. It was inaugurated on 1953, anchored by a law signed by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to Shabbat, in which case the date is shifted by a day.

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Dates for Yom HaShoah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom HaShoah 1996 27 Nisan 5756
Yom HaShoah 1997 28 Nisan 5757
Yom HaShoah 1998 27 Nisan 5758
Yom HaShoah 1999 27 Nisan 5759
Yom HaShoah 2000 27 Nisan 5760
Yom HaShoah 2001 26 Nisan 5761
Yom HaShoah 2002 27 Nisan 5762
Yom HaShoah 2003 27 Nisan 5763

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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