Holocaust Remembrance Dates
International Holocaust Remembrance Day : January 27
Designated by the United Nations for the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Yom Ha-Shoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day : May 6, 2024 (Gregorian date varies annually; check HebCal.com)
Formally known as Yom Ha-Shoah Ve-Hagevurah, or Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, designated by the Israeli parliament in 1951 for the 27th of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising : April 19, 1943
The best-known of many Jewish uprisings against the Nazis, commemorated annually.
In-person commemoration to mark 80 years: Wednesday, April 19 at 3 PM at "Der shteyn" (the stone) between 83rd and 84th Street, Riverside Park, New York, NY.
Other dates: As shown in the example from the Wielun yizkor book here, remembrance events for specific communities may take place on or around the anniversary of a mass murder.
Pictured: "Attention, Jews of Wielun and area. On Tuesday, August 19, 1946, at the headquarters of the Jewish Committee in Markfredwitz [displaced persons camp], there will be a remembrance event dedicated to marking the 5th yortsayt [death anniversary] of the fallen martyrs of Wielun and area. All surviving Jews from Wielun and area are invited to participate. The Wielun Committee". Sefer zikaron li-ḳehilat Veyelun, p. 386.
Virtual Events for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024 at 12:00-1:30 PM
Marking Yom Hashoah 2024 with world-renowned Holocaust survivor Aliza Erber, and Fleur Hassan Nahoum, Outgoing Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem.
Sponsored by the Touro University Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust.
Monday, May 6, 2024 at 11:00AM ET
Yom Hashoah Survivor Testimony: Alice Ginsburg (Museum of Jewish Heritage)
2024 at 7 PM ET
Yom HaShoah Commemoration (in person and live streamed)
Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh
– 7:30 PM ET
Yom HaShoah Remembrance Ceremony (The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University)
This year’s program will feature a memorial service, traditional songs performed by the Salem State Community Chorus, and a talk by Holocaust survivor, Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff. In person at Higgins Middle School, 85 Perkins Street Peabody, MA 01960, and live-streamed. Register here.
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance: List of International Events
Looking for more events organized in your local community? Visit the Association of Holocaust Organizations' website to find an organization near you.
Educational Resources for Remembrance
The Holocaust: Remembrance, Respect, and Resilience, by Michael Polgar and Suki John
(Free online textbook from Penn State University )
The Holocaust and Jewish Communities in Wartime North Africa: Lesson Plans (JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa)
This three lesson mini-unit brings in voices from the intersecting histories of the Holocaust and wartime North Africa, illuminating perspectives that are often left out of Holocaust and WWII curricula.
Holocaust Legacies and Oral History in the Classroom (Chad S. A. Gibbs, Eastern European Holocaust Studies)
Survivor oral histories have helped determine research questions in Holocaust studies and propelled the field’s largest archival efforts. With those storytellers now passing at an ever-quickening pace, however, some oral historians are turning to descendants as the faces of memory... This article describes the results of the class “Holocaust Legacies and Oral History. in terms of pedagogies, successes, areas for improvement, and connections created between classroom and community.
The Curator of the Dorot Jewish Division, Dr. Lyudmila Sholokhova, interviews Prof. Meri-Jane Rochelson about the oral history of her father, Eli G. Rochelson, part of the American Jewish Committee's Oral History Collection at NYPL.
Holocaust Remembrance Day Lesson Plans and Activities (PBS)
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Online Class for Students (Museum of Jewish Heritage)
Educational Resources: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Campaign (POLIN Museum)