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Each year Holocaust Memorial Day Trust develops a theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD).

10 December is International Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.

Vera Schaufeld was born in Czechoslovakia, and came to the UK on the Kindertransport when she was just nine years old. She now shares her experiences with people across the UK.

Mentally and physically disabled people were targeted by the Nazis, who believed that they were a burden to society. In this film we remember the experiences of Anna Lehnkering, and all those who were murdered because they had a disability.

Due to the covid-19 pandemic, Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 commemorations will be held virtually around the country. Hundreds participate in online event showcasing brand new resources which will enable groups of all kinds to mark the Day.

Climate change is having an enormous impact on our world, changing it profoundly. The connection to mass violence and atrocities produces some of its most dangerous effects. Detmer Kremer, Policy and Communications Coordinator at Protection Approaches, visited us at the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust recently. He shared learnings from Protection Approaches’ work exploring the impact of climate change on identity-based violence, and gave advice on what we can all do to help prevent it.

Each year we organise the UK Commemorative Ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). This is the focal point of HMD in the UK and brings together the civic, faith and political leadership of the country, alongside survivors of the Holocaust and more recent genocides.

Sir Martin Gilbert was a scholar and historian, who wrote extensively on the Holocaust.

The earliest concentration camps forced their prisoners to undertake pointless physical activity like stone breaking, but as the camp system developed the Nazis increasingly exploited prisoners’ labour for economic gain.

Explore answers to some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the ways young people can get involved and mark HMD.