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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust
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Summary

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a world day[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of world day entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,732 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Founder: United Nations[3]
  • Named after: Holocaust victim[4]
  • Commons category: International Holocaust Remembrance Day[5]
  • Commemorates: The Holocaust[6]
  • Inception: 2006[7]
  • Start time: November 21, 2005[8]
  • Organizer: United Nations[9]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: January 27[10]
  • Official website: https://www.un.org/es/holocaustremembrance/observance[11], https://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/observance[12], https://www.un.org/es/holocaustremembrance[13], https://www.unesco.org/es/days/holocaust-remembrance[14]
  • Described at URL: https://daccess-ods.un.org/tmp/8282601.23729706.html[15]
  • Hashtag: HoloacaustRemembrance[16]
  • Social media followers: 11,848[17]

Why It Matters

International Holocaust Remembrance Day has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

United Nations

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . un.org. un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . un.org. un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . documents.un.org. documents.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 1d ago · Cassiuso · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 5w ago · Estopedist1 · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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