Holocaust Memorial Day 1173625 211362916 2008-05-09T23:37:03Z 71.102.53.48 {{disambig}} '''Holocaust Memorial Day''' may refer to one of several commemorations of the [[Holocaust]]. {|class="wikitable sortable" |- |Country |Date |Name |Notes |- |[[Israel]] | 27 [[Nisan]] |''[[Yom HaShoah]]'' (Holocaust Day), or ''Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura'' (Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day) | a secular [[Jewish holiday]] |- |[[United Nations]] |[[27 January]] |[http://www.un.org/holocaustremembrance/emainpage.shtml International Day of Commemoration to honour the victims of the Holocaust] |- |[[European Union]] |[[27 January]] |[[International Holocaust Remembrance Day]] | since [http://www.ukom.gov.si/eng/government/sessions/id/index.html?&i1=UVI&i2=ang&i3=1&i4=sjv&i5=ter_lst_021&i10=artic&i12=C4845FCE132B4F11C12573F10029A36B 2005] |- |[[Germany]] |[[27 January]] |''Gedenktag für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus'' (Memorial Day for the Victims of [[Nazism|National Socialism]]) |- |[[Poland]], |[[27 January]] |''Dzień Pamięci Ofiar Nazizmu'' (Anniversary for the Victims of Nazism) |- |[[United Kingdom]] |[[27 January]] |[[Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)|Holocaust Memorial Day]] |- |[[Italy]] |[[27 January]] |''[[w:it:Giorno della Memoria|Giorno della Memoria]]'' (Memorial Day) |- |[[France]] |[[16 July]] |[[Rafle_du_Vel%27_d%27Hiv#Memorials_and_monuments_-_Paris|''anniversaire de la rafle du vélodrome d'hiver'']](anniversary of the Winter Velodrome roundup) |- |[[Romania]] |[[9 October]] |[[National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust|''Ziua Naţională de Comemorare a Holocaustului'' / ''Themesko Dives vash o Poraimosko Astaripen pe Godyate'']] (National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust) |- |[[United States]] |[[8 May]] |[[Holocaust Victims Memorial Day]] |Proposed by [[Steven Spielberg]], film director of ''[[Schindler's List]]'' a true story of a Nazi party member whom saved 10,000 Jews from extermination. Not a federal holiday, but in 2005 the United States had a "moment of silence" on the 60th anniversary of the surrender of [[Nazi Germany]] when the world became further aware of the Holocaust by allied troops visited Nazi concentration camps. |}