Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have prayers for a church service?
Yes. Our Liturgical Readings section has suitable Faith and Inter Faith materials
I want to mark HMD in my school, can you help?
Of course! Every year, we provide free resources for teachers across the UK that reflect the theme of the day.
Do you remember the atrocities in Armenia on HMD?
Yes. Genocide can not be ignored or forgotten. You will find Armenian survivor testimony on our website.
What's On?
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- 08 Feb 2012Fear and Misery of the Third ReichEdinburgh, Scotland
- 27 Jan 2012Hull History Centre - Speak Up, Speak OutHull, Yorkshire & Humberside
- 18 Mar 2012Don "Lofty" Large SAS soldierNr Lichfield, West Midlands
- 24 Jan 2012Exhibition by Nicola Tucker & Maciej HoffmanBarry, Wales
- 15 Feb 2012Kazik and the Kommander's Car Screening at the London Short Film Festival 2012London, London
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 was a great success, with many people signing the pledge and holding activities across the country. If you haven’t already told us about your activity, please do let us know and share your pictures with us, as it helps us to build a picture of what takes place across the UK for HMD.
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Latest Media Resources
Testimonies
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Cambodian Testimony: Denise Affonço
Denise is a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. In 1975, Denise was a civil servant living in Phnom Penh and mother to two children when the Khmer Rouge forces all city-dwellers into the countryside in their attempt to create ‘year zero’. Denise’s husband was taken away and never seen again, and she was separated from her son. Her daughter died of starvation.
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Hidden Histories - Kemal Pervanic
Kemal survived the genocide in Bosnia. He was 23 when he and his brother were imprisoned at the notorious Omarska concentration camp. He was subjected to violence, starvation and the threat of murder. After he was released, he came to the UK and was reunited with his family thanks to the British Red Cross.
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Hidden Histories - Martha Blend
Martha came to the UK on the Kindertransport – part of an operation which brought 10,000 unaccompanied children to England as they sought refuge from Nazi persecution. Martha originally came from Austria and rebuilt her life in London. Her entire family was murdered in the Holocaust.
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Holocaust Testimony: Kitty Hart-Moxon
Kitty grew up in Poland. She was 15 when she and her mother were deported to Auschwitz. Whilst imprisoned there she was forced to work in the notorious Kanada block where the possessions of those arriving on cattle trucks were sorted on arrival. In 1944 she was transferred to work in the Phillips factory in Germany. Today, she tells her story to people across the UK, she has even taken a group of Neo-Nazis to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Rwandan Testimony: Freddy Mutanguha
Freddy was 18 years old when the genocide in Rwanda took place. He was brought up in a loving family with four sisters and his mother and father. His mother was a primary school teacher who was determined that Freddy should get a good education, despite Tutsis not being encouraged to excel academically. Freddy’s family was murdered on the 13 April 1994 by their former friends and neighbours. Only he and his sister survived.
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