Each year, the Alabama Holocaust Education Center hosts three signature commemorations to honor the memory of the Holocaust and its victims:
These solemn and inspiring events bring our community together to reflect on the impact of the Holocaust, hear powerful testimonies, and renew a shared commitment to combating antisemitism, hatred, and indifference in all forms.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed globally each year on January 27, marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and killing center in 1945. Established by the United Nations in 2005, this day honors the memory of the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust, along with the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.
Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a solemn day of reflection observed each spring to honor the memory of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, as well as the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution. The date follows the Hebrew calendar and typically falls in April or May on the 27th of Nisan, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and symbolizing Jewish resistance in the face of annihilation.
Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, was a state-sponsored wave of violent attacks against the Jewish people throughout Nazi Germany and Austria on November 9–10, 1938. It is also called a pogrom, which is an organized massacre.
