17 - 23 June 2013 is Refugee Week, a time for us to celebrate the many important contributions that refugees from all over the world have made to life in the UK. A programme of arts, cultural and educational events and activities is...
HMDT, in partnership with the Institute of Education's (IOE) Centre for Holocaust Education, held Etty the play, at an evening at the IOE, University of London. American author and actress Susan Stein performed Etty, a play about a...
June 2013 marks Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month in the UK: a celebration of Gypsy culture and history, and an opportunity to discuss contemporary and historical prejudice towards Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.Roma and Sinti Gypsy...
We are pleased to announce that, tickets have been released for the play Etty, which will be held on Wednesday 22 May 2013 from 5.30 - 8pm, at the Institute of Education’s (IOE) Centre for Holocaust Education at the University of...
This week marked the 10th anniversary of the start of the genocide in Darfur. HMDT looks back at the region affected by genocide. ‘I was happy in Darfur. Darfur is a beautiful country. The president of the Janjaweed gave his...
Yesterday we were privileged to be joined by refugees and survivors of the Holocaust and the subsequent genocides at a reception for MPs at the House of Commons, hosted by Mike Freer MP and Alison McGovern MP. Ann Kirk, who was evacuated from...
Ann Kirk is a Kindertransportee, who travelled to England from Germany, at the age of 10 to escape persecution. In her speech at the Parliamentary reception, she tells us what the theme for HMD 2014, Journeys, means to her...
Kemal Pervanic is a survivor of the war in Bosnia, in his speech at the Parliamentary reception, he tells us what the theme for HMD 2014, Journeys, means to him.As a little boy in rural Bosnia I dreamed of journeying to study in Cambridge or Oxford...
This LGBT history month we take a look at the life of Rudolf Brazda, was the last known concentration camp survivor, persecuted specifically for being gay. For many decades, Brazda’s story remained unheard as discrimination against gay men and...
This year, we have worked with the education charity FILMCLUB to create a free curriculum enrichment guide featuring seven specially selected films to help school groups mark, Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), 27 January. With synopses, teacher’s notes...
