List of Holocaust memorial days

A Holocaust memorial day or Holocaust remembrance day is an annual observance to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide of six million Jews and of millions of other Holocaust victims by Nazi Germany and its allies. Many countries, primarily in Europe, have designated national dates of commemoration.

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Worldwide Many observances fall on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945. In 2005, the United Nations instituted an international observance, International Holocaust Remembrance Day (International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust 27) and established Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme.

Country Day Name NotesUnited Nations27 JanuaryInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day Designated by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005.Holocaust remembrance at www.UN.org. Azerbaijan 27 January Day of the Tragedy and Heroism of the Jews State Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the Work with Religious Organisations participates each 27 January in meetings organised by Jewish communities to commemorate the Holocaust. Holocaust victims are also commemorated during the events held on the anniversary of the victory over fascism, celebrated each year on 9 May.Australia 27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day Austria 5 May Memorial Day against Violence and Racism in Memory on the Victims of National Socialism()This day is in purpose of memorial of people who were killed in Gusen concentration camp. In 2022 the Austrian government bought the land where Gusen was and established a memorial museum there. Belgium 27 January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust(; )Bulgaria 10 March Holocaust Remembrance Day and the "Day of the Salvation of the Bulgarian Jews and of the Victims of the Holocaust and of the Crimes against Humanity"The day of the revocation of the plan to expel the country's Jewish population, officially designated in 2003.Bulgaria marks its Holocaust Remembrance day, The Sofia Echo, 10 March 2011 (retrieved 10 October 2013) Canada27 Nisan (April/May) Holocaust Memorial Day - Yom ha-Shoah [Ontario (1998), Prince Edward Island (1999), Alberta (2000)Documents: Acts at www.qp.Alberta.ca] Holocaust Memorial Day Yom haShoah [New Brunswick (1999)] Holocaust Memorial Day - Yom haShoah [Nova Scotia (2000)] Holocaust-Yom Hashoah Memorial Day / [Quebec (1999)] Holocaust Memorial Day — Yom Hashoah / [Manitoba (2000)] Holocaust Memorial Day [British Columbia (2000), Newfoundland and Labrador (2000), Saskatchewan (2001)] Matching the Israeli Yom HaShoah date, by acts of the respective provincial legislatures. Croatia 27 January Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and for the Prevention of Crimes against HumanityCzechia27 JanuaryMemorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity() Denmark 27 January Auschwitz Day () Estonia 27 January Holocaust Remembrance Day () Finland 27 January Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust ()It was called before 2024.France16-17 JulyAnniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv roundup() In 2003 France designated this date as the day of remembrance of genocides and prevention of crimes against humanity.Germany27 JanuaryMemorial Day for the Victims of National Socialism ()Greece27 January National Holocaust Memorial Day() Since 2004. Hungary 16 April Holocaust Memorial Day () Since 2001. Ireland 27 January Holocaust Memorial Day ()Israel (and many Jewish communities in other countries)27 Nisan (April/May)Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Day), or Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura (Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day)Both an Israeli day of remembrance and a day of remembrance observed by many Jewish communities in the United States and elsewhere in the world. The date relates both to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising which began 13 days earlier on the first night of Passover 1943, and to the Israeli Independence Day which is eight days later.Italy27 JanuaryMemorial Day () Latvia 4 July Commemoration Day of the Victims of the Genocide Against the Jewish People Ebreju tautas genocīda upuru piemiņas dienaBurning of the Great Choral Synagogue in Riga in 1941. Lithuania 23 September Day of the Genocide of Lithuania's JewsLietuvos žydų genocido diena Anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius ghetto in 1943. Luxembourg 27 January Holocaust Memorial Day (; )Netherlandslast Sunday of JanuaryHolocaust Memorial Day ()Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January 1945.Poland 27 January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the HolocaustAnniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January 1945. Portugal 27 January Holocaust Remembrance Day ()There is a Museum of Holocaust in Porto ().Romania9 OctoberNational Day of Commemorating the Holocaust() Beginning of deportations of Romanian Jews to Transnistria Governorate in 1941.Slovakia9 September Holocaust Victims and Racial Hatred DayOn 9 September 1941, Slovakia passed anti-Jewish laws based on the Nuremberg laws.Spain 27 January Day for Holocaust Remembrance and for the Prevention of Crimes against Humanity()Since 2004.Sweden27 JanuaryHolocaust Remembrance Day()A national remembrance day every year since 1999.Switzerland 27 January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the HolocaustUkraine 27 January Holocaust Memorial Day () Since 2020.United Kingdom 27 January Holocaust Memorial Day First held in January 2001 and on the same date every year since.United Statesfrom 20 April through 27 April 2025Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust

Related events In January 2020, a ceremony was held at Auschwitz to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation on 27 January 1945. this included speeches by numerous officials and Jewish communal leaders. Large number of Holocaust survivors attended this ceremony.Auschwitz 75th anniversary ceremony. Events are being held to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. BBC, 27 Jan 2020. In the UK, government officials, religious leaders and community leaders gathered in London to commemorate this anniversary.Leaders and royals gather for UK Holocaust Memorial Day event. Senior royals, faith and political leaders are gathering in Westminster to commemorate International Holocaust Memorial Day.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are joining Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the event, which comes 75 years after Auschwitz was liberated. The duke will give a reading and the couple will speak to survivors of the Holocaust and more recent genocides. BBC, 27 Jan 2020. On the same date, German police reported they were investigating the sales of a brand of beer with Nazi-style symbols on its label.German police probe Nazi-style beer brand, BBC, 27 Jan 2020. In 2021 a number of Jewish organizations in the United Kingdom incorporated the situation in Xinjiang into their Holocaust Memorial Day remembrances and commemorations. In February 2025, Google announced that Holocaust Remembrance Days would no longer be highlighted by default on Google Calendar, arguing that it was no longer "scalable or sustainable" to continue adding the growing number of national and international "cultural moments" manually to its calendars.

See also United Nations Holocaust Memorial List of Holocaust memorials and museums Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

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List of Holocaust memorial days

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