Germany’s national day of remembrance for war dead and victims of tyranny is Volkstrauertag.
Volkstrauertag, often translated as People’s Day of Mourning, is observed on the Sunday two weeks before the first Sunday of Advent. It began as a commemoration of German military dead from World War I and was later broadened to include victims of war, dictatorship, and political violence.
The observance is therefore related to, but not identical with, Veterans Day or Armistice Day. Its modern meaning reflects Germany’s twentieth-century history, including the Nazi dictatorship and the consequences of World War II.
Ceremonies commonly include speeches, wreath-laying, and remembrance at war memorials. Because its date is calculated from Advent rather than fixed to November 11, it can occur on different November Sundays.