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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.

Yvonne Bernstein was one of thousands of Jewish children hidden across Europe during the Holocaust. Her identity disguised, she was able to survive, avoiding the fate of 1.5 million Jewish children who were murdered by the Nazis.

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

Ali is an Iraqi asylum seeker and gay rights activist facing death threats for his work. In this Untold Stories film he talks about escaping Iraq but how he still faces persecution in the UK.

On Thursday 26 January Junior Ministers Megan Fearon and Alastair Ross hosted an event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.

Here you will find information for individuals organising their own Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) activity or event. If you are organising an activity at your University, College, Youth Centre or for friends and family, we have lots of tips and resources to support you. Below are some steps which will help you to put on a successful Holocaust Memorial Day activity.

Sonja Miley, Co-Executive Director for the charity Waging Peace, has recently returned from a trip to the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan. In this blog for Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Sonja reflects on her experiences meeting people from the Nuba community who have fled Sudan and the regime of President Omar al-Bashir.

Here you will find information for people who run, or are a member of, a youth group organising a Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) activity. There are many ways for your group to mark HMD. Below we have outlined some steps and resources to support you to do this.

Whether you are organising a large, formal commemorative ceremony or a smaller, informal Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) activity, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is here to inspire and support you with ideas for your activity.

In this blog, Education Officer Alex Murphy shares some of the resources she has created for teachers, to help them mark HMD 2019.