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Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2025
(Yad Vashem) The theme of the 2025 observances of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day is: "Out of the Depths: The Anguish of Liberation and Rebirth - Marking 80 Years since the Defeat of Nazi Germany." In May 1945, when Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered to Allied Forces, one nation did not take part in the general euphoria - the Jewish people. For them, victory had come too late. The day of liberation was for the most part a day of crisis and emptiness, a feeling of overwhelming loneliness as the sheer scale of the destruction was grasped, on both a personal and communal level. At war's end, it became apparent that some 6 million Jews had been murdered - more than one-third of world Jewry. Two-thirds of the survivors chose to immigrate to the Land of Israel. This publication includes texts and readings by survivors.