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Unlike most of the Festivals and Events in Israel, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day does not bear any religious or mythological flavor. This event in Israel owes its origin to one of the most devastating chapters in the history of mankind. The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day is observed to recount the day which saw the slaughter of six million Jews. As the day stands as a blemish in the face of Humanity, the entire Jewish community laments the loss of their fellow beings. The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day in Israel is observed each year on the 27th day in the Jewish month of Nisan. As the other Jewish festivals, the event stretches from the evening of the 27th day, and ends in the following evening, giving the Jewish community an entire day to mourn the loss they had come across a century ago. While the world stood aghast at the ruthless carnage of six million lives, the Holocaust spelt for the Jews, a tragedy which ripped apart innumerable lives and shattered the existence for many more. The day is therefore one which stands as the blackest episode in the Jewish history, and is a time for the community to lament the lives they had lost forever. As a day which spells horror and distress to the Jews, the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day rings with a solemn note. The day is spent in commemorating the six million lives that were ripped at a go, and honoring the ones who managed to survive the fanaticism. Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day in Israel is naturally a time for recounting the Holocaust with prayers for the lives spent and hoping that such an event never be repeated. Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day at Israel is marked by a number of events throughout the day. The major ceremonies held at Yad Vashem are presided over by the President of the State of Israel. As numerous holocaust survivors and empathizers throng the arena, the day passes in a string of solemn ceremonies. Six torches, representing the six million Jews slaughtered, are lit at the hall and grave calls of the siren honor the lives claimed. Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day in Israel is observed in a number of other venues like the Ghetto Fighters' Kibbutz and Kibbutz Yad Mordechai. As the country refrains from any kind of merriment on the day, the television channels too focus only on the tragic episode. A number of seminars, exhibitions and special screenings of Holocaust related films form the central part of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day at Israel.
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