Join the Montreal Holocaust Museum on April 23 at 7:00 pm to commemorate Yom Hashoah Vehagvurah, Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day. On this day and every day, we remember the victims of the Holocaust, honour the survivors, and learn the difficult lessons of the past.
- Wednesday, April 23 at 7:00 pm
- At the Montreal Holocaust Museum (5151 ch. de la Cote-Ste-Catherine)
- Reservations required
A Changing Face, A Timeless Fight
The commemoration will include video testimonies of survivors describing their experiences of antisemitism before the Holocaust, as well as a keynote address from the Honourable Professor Irwin Cotler. Mr. Cotler is the International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, an Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and longtime Member of Parliament, and an international human rights lawyer. Commemorative songs in Yiddish, Ladino, and Hebrew will be performed alongside traditional prayers.
Survivor Testimony
Watch testimony clips from Holocaust survivors who participated in past Yom Hashoah commemorations, like Agnes Kent:
Yom Hashoah was declared Holocaust Memorial Day in Quebec in 1999 and in Canada in 2003.
A Toolkit to Commemoration Yom Hashoah at Home or at School
The Montreal Holocaust Museum has prepared the following toolkit so that you can commemorate Yom Hashoah with your students, in class or virtually.
The toolkit is composed of:
- Virtual Commemoration How-To
- Virtual Commemoration Slideshow
- Virtual Commemoration Slideshow Procedures
And Additional Resources:
- Extension Activity Worksheet – Elementary
- Extension Activity Worksheet – Secondary
- Montreal Holocaust Museum’s Commemoration Guide