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Holocaust Memorial Day
source: CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAlso known as Yom HaShoah in Hebrew, this day is observed in Israel and in local communities throughout the Jewish Diaspora. It is a secular holiday, separate from the holy days of mourning in the religious calendar of Judaism.
More than 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust.
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