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Today, together with The National Holocaust Centre and Museum, we launched the new ORDINARY OBJECTS, EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEYS website at an online event attended by more than 150 people.

A survivor of the Holocaust and teacher educating about genocide have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in recognition of their contribution to Holocaust and genocide education.

We hear from survivors of the Holocaust and recent genocides about what Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee means to them as former refugees to the UK.

Today we launched the Generations: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors online exhibition. The exhibition, previously on display at Imperial War Museums London, features over 50 contemporary portraits from 13 esteemed photographers, including HRH The Duchess of Cambridge.

To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the lives that survivors of the Holocaust and recent genocides have built in the UK during her reign, we hosted a special tea party for Holocaust and genocide survivors.

Over 200 people from across the UK joined us online yesterday for the launch of the new theme for HMD 2023.

Today we published ‘Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 In Review’: How did the UK mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2022? And what was the impact on those who took part?

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is appalled that President Putin is deliberately misusing Holocaust language and imagery – this is knowingly distorting the historical record and is antisemitic. He is cynically abusing the term ‘genocide’ to justify Russia’s unprovoked invasion.

Scotland came together online to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2022, with a moving Ceremony featuring the testimony of Holocaust and genocide survivors.

The Wales Commemorative Ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 was pre-recorded at City Hall, Cardiff, and watched by households across Wales.