HMD 2010 Theme Announced
HMDT is pleased to announce the theme for HMD 2010. The Legacy of Hope offers an opportunity to listen to the voices of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, and to make the hopes of survivors part of our shared, safer future - a future that is free from the dangers of exclusion and persecution.
Latest Media Resources
Survivor Stories: Denise Affonco
After the first day’s work, I am so tired and stiff that I can barely swallow my precious bowl of rice. It’s precious because it’s the last bowl of good white rice we’ll be allowed. From tomorrow it’ll be consistently mixed with corn. Angkar has supply problems, so we must tighten our belts and feed the children first. Within a few weeks both the young and old lose several kilos. The children no longer have any vitality, no inclination to play (continues...)
May 2009 - Newsletter
Welcome to our May 2009 newsletter. If you have any colleagues who may be interested in the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust please pass this newsletter on and encourage them to join our mailing list. You can call any member of our team on 0845 838 1883 or email enquiries@hmd.org.uk HMD 2010 Theme: The Legacy of Hope HMDT is pleased to announce the theme for HolocaustMemorial Day 2010 27th January 2010 – Holocaust Memorial Day – marks the 65th anniversary of the (continues...)
Resources
Approaching the topic
Holocaust Timeline
Timeline of the events during the Holocaust
Assemblies
Remembering Rwanda: Primary Assembly
Remembering Rwanda: Primary Assembly
Remembering Rwanda: Secondary Assembly
Remembering Rwanda: Secondary Assembly
Bibliography
Book Group Activities
Books for Adults - The Cellist of Sarajevo
Books for Adults - The Cellist of Sarajevo
Books for Adults - The Reader
Book group Activity on 'The Reader' by Bernhard Schlink for adult reading groups.
Poetry
Victims Names
Stories of Survival
Cambodian Testimony: Denise Affonco
The children no longer have any vitality, no inclination to play or to laugh...
Cambodian Testimony: Mardi Seng
Mardi Seng was 10 years old when the Khmer Rouge took over Phnom Penh.
Cambodian Testimony: Sophal Leng Stagg
Sophal Leng Stagg was nine years old when she and her family were forced to leave their home in Phnom Penh in April 1975, joining the millions of Cambodians who were devastated by the Khmer Rouge.
Holocaust Testimony: Regina Franks
For more than 30 years, Regina Franks wore the number 34679 on her forearm...
Holocaust Testimony: Roman Halter
I was 12 years old in September 1939 when Hitler's troops entered Poland. I was the seventh child in our family and the youngest...
Kristallnacht Eye Witness Account 1 - 16.11.1938
When we arrived at the camp, first of all our names were called and entered in a register, then we were made to line up in the courtyard from about 5 o'clock in the morning till about 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Rwandan Testimony: Beata Uwazaninka
My name is Beata and I was born in Rwanda in 1980. At the time of the genocide, I was 14 years old. My father's name was Joseph Nemeye and my mother's Devotha Uwimana.
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