Yom HaShoah, commemoration of names reading
Monday, April 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
On the occasion of Yom HaShoah, the date chosen by the State of Israel for the commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and the heroes of the Jewish Resistance during the Second World War, a 24-hour uninterrupted public reading takes place, day and night.
During an uninterrupted public reading of 24 hours, the names of all the deportees – man, woman, child – are pronounced one by one. This year, the names of the Jews deported from France by convoys 5 to 35 are read. Between 00:37 and 6:41, the names of the deportees will be read remotely.
The commemoration will be broadcast live on the Shoah Memorial website, YouTube page and Facebook page.
Ceremony carried out under the aegis of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah, in partnership with Judaism on the Move (JEM), the association of the Sons and Daughters of the Jewish deportees of France (FFDJF) at the initiative of this commemoration, the Shoah Memorial, the Consistory of Paris and the Central Consistory.
