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. 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.[1]
Many observances fall on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945[2], while other countries selected separate dates, often to mark anniversaries of national events during the Holocaust. Holocaust remembrance days often include efforts to combat hatred and antisemitism.
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.[3]
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.
Memorial Day against Violence and Racism in Memory on the Victims of National Socialism (German: Gedenkveranstaltung gegen Gewalt und Rassismus im Gedenken an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus)
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.
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (French: Journée internationale de commémoration de la mémoire des victimes de l’Holocauste; Dutch: Internationale dag voor de herdenking van de slachtoffers van de Holocaust)
All ten Canadian provinces of Alberta (2000)[10], British Columbia (2000),[11] Manitoba (2000),[12] New Brunswick (1999),[13] Newfoundland and Labrador (2000),[14] Nova Scotia (2000),[15] Ontario (1998),[16] Prince Edward Island (1999),[17] Quebec (1999),[18] and Saskatchewan (2001)[19] enacted legislation to recognize Holocaust Memorial Day on Yom HaShoah.
Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity (Czech: Den památky obětí holocaustu a předcházení zločinům proti lidskosti)
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.
Day for Holocaust Remembrance and for the Prevention of Crimes against Humanity (Spanish: Día Oficial de la Memoria del Holocausto y la Prevención de los Crímenes contra la Humanidad)
In January 2020, a ceremony was held at Auschwitz to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation on 27 January 1945.[44] this included speeches by numerous officials and Jewish communal leaders. Large number of Holocaust survivors attended this ceremony.[45][46] In the UK, government officials, religious leaders and community leaders gathered in London to commemorate this anniversary.[47] On the same date, German police reported they were investigating the sales of a brand of beer with Nazi-style symbols on its label.[48]
In 2021 a number of Jewish organizations in the United Kingdom incorporated the situation in Xinjiang into their Holocaust Memorial Day remembrances and commemorations.[49]
↑"Auschwitz 75 years on: Holocaust Day prompts new anti-Semitism warnings". BBC. 27 January 2020. Holocaust survivors and international leaders are honouring victims of the Nazis at the former Auschwitz death camp, amid calls to fight resurgent anti-Semitism. The presidents of Israel and Poland - Reuven Rivlin and Andrzej Duda - laid wreaths together, 75 years after Soviet troops liberated the camp
↑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.
↑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.
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