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Each year we organise the UK Commemorative Ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day. This is the focal point of Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK and brings together the civic, faith and political leadership of the country, alongside survivors of the Holocaust and survivors from Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust thanks Her Majesty The Queen for her commitment to commemoration of the Holocaust and genocide.

Refugee week takes place every year around World Refugee Day on 20 June, and celebrates the contributions of refugees to the UK.

On 17 December 1942, the first public announcement of the Nazis’ attempt to murder Europe’s Jewish population was made by British government. The then Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, read a declaration on the persecution of the Jews in the House of Commons. MPs responded with a spontaneous moment of silence.