“Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah”— in Hebrew literally translated as the “Day of (remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism” — is observed on the 27th day of the month of Nisan (the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising), which this year begins after sunset on the evening of Wednesday, May 4. Events are planned throughout the state during that week. All events are free and open to the public.

SUNDAY, MAY 1

West Hartford – Yom Hashoah Commemoration Honoring the Martyred Six Million; reading of the names of victims and deceased survivors, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. (submit named to Sheri Gaudet at (860) 231-6351, sgaudet@mandelljcc.org; survivors and their families are invited to participate in candle procession at the beginning of the commemoration; guest speaker is “Schindler’s List” survivor Rena Finder; hosted by the JFACT, Voices of Hope and the Mandell JCC; 7:30 p.m; at The Emanuel Synagogue, 160 Mohegan Dr.

Westport – Yom Hashoah program featuring New York Times reporter Joseph Berger, a child of Holocaust survivor and author of Displaced Person: Growing Up American after the Holocaust; also, Jan Rudamina, former director of the Polish National Tourist Agency in North America, will discuss opportunities for American Jews visiting Poland; 4 p.m.; Beit Chaverim Synagogue, 85 Post Rd. West, (203) 227-3333. FREE, reservations requested.

Woodbridge – Yom Hashoah Commemoration, guest speaker Dr. John Krystal will talk about his father, Dr. Henry Krystal, a Holocaust survivor who worked as a Holocaust trauma expert; Gus Franzoni of the Righteous Among the Nations will be recognized for his work in creating the Holocaust Memorial on Whalley Ave.; at the JCC of Greater New Haven, 360 Amity Rd, 2 p.m. (203) 387-2522 x310, ruthg@jccnh.org.

MONDAY, MAY 2

West Hartford – Yom Hashoah reading of victims’ names, provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for the Days of Remembrance; 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.; at the Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave.

TUESDAY, MAY 3

Trumbull – Holocaust Remembrance Day program featuring Charlotte R. Bonelli, director of the archives of the American Jewish Committee in New York City and author of Exit Berlin: How One Woman Saved Her Family from Nazi Germany, based on a rare collection of WWII-era letters discovered by chance in the NYC studio apartment of Luzie Hatch, a German-Jewish refugee; 6:30 p.m.; at the Fairchild-Nichols Memorial Library, 33 Quality St., (203) 452-5197.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

Greenwich – Yom Hashoah Community Commemoration: JCC Cinema presents “Broken Branches,” an animated 25-minute documentary made in Israel about loss, family and hope, at 6:30 p.m.; followed at 7 p.m. by a community Observance with guest speaker Arlette Levy Baker, a Holocaust survivor born in France; sponsored by JCC Greenwich at Temple Sholom, 300 E. Putnam Ave.

Hamden – Holocaust Memorial Day screening of “People Forget…New Haven Remembers,” the memories of four CT residents who survived the Holocaust; 7 p.m.; Temple Beth Sholom, 1809 Whitney Ave., (203) 387-2522 x310, ruthg@jccnh.org.

Norwalk – Community Yom Hashoah Holocaust Commemoration, with testimony from Holocaust survivor Agnes Vertes, president of the Holocaust Child Survivors of CT; discussion led by Fairfield University professor, Dr. Gavriel Rosenfeld, a Holocaust historian; 7 p.m.; at Congregation Beth El, 109 East Ave., (203) 838-2710.

Stamford – Yom Hashoah Commemoration: “The Art of Survival”; an evening of film, poetry, art, music and personal reflections; hosted by United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford, New Canaan and Darien; 7 p.m.; at Temple Sinai, 458 Lakeside Dr.

THURSDAY, MAY 5

Fairfield – Town of Fairfield 33rd Holocaust Commemoration; featuring keynote speaker Bishop Frank Caggiano, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, who will discuss “We Must Never Forget”; 7:30 p.m.; at First Church Congregational, 148 Beach Rd., fairfieldholocaustcommemoration.org. FREE

Greenwich – Holocaust Commemoration: A Conversation with Barbara Stark-Nemon, author of Even in Darkness, a Holocaust novel drawn from the true stories of her German-Jewish family; 10 – 11:30 a.m.; sponsored by UJA Greenwich and JCC Greenwich at a private home; (203) 552-1818, www.jccgreenwich.org. $12/includes book.

FRIDAY, MAY 6

Hartford – 38th Annual State of Connecticut Holocaust Commemoration: Featuring a screening of “People Forget: New Haven Remembers,” a film about New Haven survivors and the first memorial built in the U.S. on public land; 11:30 a.m.; hosted by JFACT and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven in the Senate Chambers of the CT State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave.; jfact@mcmgmt.com, (860) 727-5771.