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Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is a time to come together with members of your community, friends, classmates, and colleagues to remember, reflect and learn. Here are five ways you can get involved with HMD 2022.
This resource is designed for Scottish secondary schools to mark HMD while supporting and complementing Burns Night celebrations. Read the story of Henry Wuga MBE who was born in Germany in 1924 and escaped the Holocaust by coming to Scotland on the Kindertransport. He made a home in Scotland and developed a love for Scotland's national bard Robert Burns.
There are just a few weeks to go before Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2019, but it is not too late to get involved in an activity and be part of the national picture of HMD. Here are five ways you can get involved:
This podcast is a recording of Holocaust survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon's speech from the UK commemoration event for Holocaust Memorial Day 2013, in which she spoke about her life story.
We are deeply saddened to hear about the death of our friend, Otto Deutsch.
On 24 June 1900, Raphael Lemkin – the man who coined the word ‘genocide’ – was born. Lemkin was saddened by massacres of the past and his own family were murdered during the Holocaust. He dedicated his life to getting genocide recognised as a crime by nations across the world.
There are many organisations which may be able to assist and advise you with the organisation of your event, or help you learn more about some of the issues associated with Holocaust Memorial Day. Some work with Holocaust and genocide survivors, others focus on remembrance and education, and some work in community relations.
On 28 January 2013, the UK Commemorative Event for Holocaust Memorial Day 2013 took place in central London.
Yesterday we launched our new resources for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2022 at a special online event.
Mussa Uwitonze became an orphan after being separated from his family during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. He was raised in an orphanage, and it was there that he was first handed a camera – a moment that fuelled his lifelong passion for photography.