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Scotland marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2025

Scotland marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2025

Civic, faith and political leaders joined with communities from across Scotland in the Scottish Parliament on 30 January to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2025 in a ceremony sponsored by Jackson Carlaw MSP and Paul O’Kane MSP.

Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony seen by 2 million on BBC

Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony seen by 2 million on BBC

The Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) ceremony at London's Guildhall was watched by nearly 2 million people in the UK according to preliminary figures. The national ceremony was broadcast on BBC One on Monday 27 January at 7pm and later available on iPlayer.

HMDT blog: five ways to mark HMD at your museum, gallery or heritage site

HMDT blog: five ways to mark HMD at your museum, gallery or heritage site

Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) offers museums, galleries and heritage sites the opportunity to bring their communities together to reflect on lessons from the past and remember the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, and millions more people murdered through the Nazi persecution of other groups and in the more recent genocides recognised by the UK government. We also mark the genocide in Darfur.