Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) 2026
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) in 2026 starts on the evening of April 13 and continues to the evening of April 14. Learn more about Yom HaShoah and how the Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program is participating.
What is Yom HaShoah?
Yom HaShoah is Hebrew for Holocaust Memorial Day. It is an annual day of remembrance for Jewish communities around the world to commemorate the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, also known as the Shoah. Yom HaShoah occurs on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in the Hebrew calendar, on the 27th day of the month of Nissan, which falls in April or May.
How is the Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program commemorating Yom HaShoah?
April 13, 2026 — Yom HaShoah V’Hagvurah | Commemoration of the Holocaust
In partnership with the Toronto Holocaust Museum, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, Canadian Society for Yad Vashem, Facing History and Ourselves, Ashkenaz Foundation, the Ontario Jewish Archives and March of the Living Canada, there will be a Yom HaShoah in-person community commemoration. Visit the Toronto Holocaust Museum’s website for more details.
Holocaust Education Resources for Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Visit our Warsaw Ghetto Resources page to learn more about our related memoirs, exhibits and activities.
Free Books and Educational Materials
We help teachers bring the subject of the Holocaust into their classrooms, using first-person narratives as a way for students to connect with the history of the Holocaust through survivors’ experiences. Our Holocaust survivor memoirs, educational resources and programming are available free of charge and in both French and English.