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In early May, our staff and trustees visited Auschwitz and other sites significant to the Holocaust in Poland. Visiting these physical spaces where the events of the Holocaust took place reinforces the enormity of what happened and the need to understand it in order to prevent such atrocities happening again. Here we have used photographs and insights from our trip to convey some of what we felt and learned from the experience.
We were honoured to host HRH The Duke of Gloucester at a special tea party for survivors of the Holocaust and genocide. Together we celebrated the Coronation of His Majesty The King and the lives that survivors have rebuilt in the UK.
People from across the UK joined us online yesterday for the launch of the new theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024.
Our statement in response to Diane Abbott MP's letter in the Observer about racism.
Today we published ‘HMD 2023 In Review’, which highlights just some of the array of activities that brought people together for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2023 and the impact that HMD had on those who marked it.
Earlier today we were delighted to welcome His Majesty The King to a special event where he met members of the Sudanese community living in the UK.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 in Scotland, we partnered with Edinburgh Interfaith Association to produced this short film. The film is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Holocaust, the Nazi persecution of other groups, and in more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, and is suitable for schools, families and communities to watch as part of a Holocaust Memorial Day activity.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 in Wales, the Welsh Government and Cardiff Council produced an online service which you can watch here. The service is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Holocaust, the Nazi persecution of other groups, and in more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, and is suitable for schools, families and communities to watch as part of a Holocaust Memorial Day activity.
People from across the UK came together to watch the UK Online Commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2023 and Light the Darkness against prejudice and hatred.
On 24 January the Northern Ireland Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) ceremony, attended by over 300 people, took place at Belfast City Hall. The ceremony is available for people from Northern Ireland and elsewhere to view and provides an exploration of the theme of this year’s HMD, Ordinary People, from the perspective of personal and written testimony of Holocaust and genocide survivors.