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Survivors of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides have thanked the Prime Minister for inviting them to a reception at 10 Downing Street to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Five per cent of UK adults don’t believe the Holocaust – the intentional murder of six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators – really happened and one in 12 (8%) say the scale of the Holocaust has been exaggerated, according to research released on Holocaust Memorial Day (Sunday 27 January 2019).
In this video our Senior Communications Officer, Farayi Mungazi, speaks to Professor Dan Stone about how and when it is appropriate to draw comparisons between the Holocaust and other genocides. Professor Stone is a British historian, Professor of Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Director of its Holocaust Research Institute.
Last month, against the warm backdrop of a special Summer Tea Party, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) commemorated the 80th Anniversary of VE Day.