Holocaust Survivors Should Be Recognized With Special Day, Leaders Say Amid somber Holocaust Remembrance Day events, most still virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic, some are calling for a separate, more upbeat holiday celebrating the resilience of survivors Holocaust victims' descendants stand in silence as sirens wailed across Israel for two minutes marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at a memorial dedicated to the French Jews deported between 1942 and 1944, in Neve Michael, Israel, April 21, 2020. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images) (The Media Line) While most Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah, events emphasize remembering the dead and the calamity of the Holocaust, Jonathan Ornstein, executive director at the Jewish Community Center of Kraków, in Poland, says that more emphasis needs to be placed on the survivors and the resilience they have demonstrated in rebuilding their lives.