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Jackie Walker, a former Momentum activist has reportedly questioned the aims and reach of Holocaust Memorial Day in her show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. This follows similar comments she made in September 2016.
This blog was a speech given at a special reception for survivors on Thursday 18 January by Hayley Carlyle, Lead Youth Champion for Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT).
We are delighted to announce that 11,000 activities took place across the UK to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) this year – more than ever before.
Iolo Lewis was part of the British 11th Armoured Division, which liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945. Iolo wrote a poem based on his experience called 'Belsen Silence'.
Five students from Munich University and one of their professors challenged the Nazi regime by forming the White Rose group and beginning a secret campaign. They asked the German people to react to the violence and oppression which were all around them by standing up and fighting for freedom. In June 1942 four leaflets, published in quick succession, with the title Leaflets of the White Rose appeared all over the city of Munich.