Holocaust survivors are dwindling out. A new Yom Hashoah ritual recognizes that. April 6, 2021 5:06 pm A rose is placed on the Holocaust Memorial on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — Holocaust remembrance day programs in Jewish communities have stuck to a familiar form for decades, featuring Holocaust survivors sharing their stories followed by the lighting of yahrzeit candles and the recitation of commemorative prayers. But that model of memorial faces a problem that is growing more pressing each year: the dwindling number of survivors still living and able to share accounts of their painful past.