Holocaust Remembrance Day is on January 27. This day to memorializing those killed by the Nazis before and during world war II. “Legacy of survival” is the year’s theme. Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel is Yom Hashoah, which is celebrated on the 27th of Nisan. Besides six million Jews who were killed by the Nazis in concentration and death camps: Gypsies, homosexuals, political prisoners, criminals, nonwhites, and prisoners of war also became victim.