Holocaust Memorial Day
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Holocaust Memorial Day may refer to one of several commemorations of the Holocaust.
| 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 | International Day of Commemoration to honour the victims of the Holocaust | |
| European Union | 27 January | International Holocaust Remembrance Day | since 2005 |
| Germany | 27 January | Gedenktag für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Memorial Day for the Victims of National Socialism) | |
| Poland, | 27 January | Dzień Pamięci Ofiar Nazizmu (Anniversary for the Victims of Nazism) | |
| United Kingdom | 27 January | Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Italy | 27 January | Giorno della Memoria (Memorial Day) | |
| France | 16 July | anniversaire de la rafle du vélodrome d'hiver(anniversary of the Winter Velodrome roundup) | |
| Romania | 9 October | 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. |
