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

In April 2016, a group of staff members from HMDT went on a learning trip to Poland. Over three days, they visited Kraków and the site of the Kraków Ghetto, Oświęcim and Auschwitz I and Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. This is the first of three blogs written by staff about their experiences on the trip.

In a blog for Holocaust Memorial Day 2017, HMDT's Education Officer Andy Fearn reflects on some of the resources available to help educators explore the theme: How can life go on?

On Thursday 25 January 2018 survivors of the Holocaust and genocide were joined by guests, including faith, civic and political leaders, at the UK Commemorative Ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2018.

In this film Vicky Botton, Chair of the East Notts Travellers Association describes her experience of discrimination and violence against Roma in the UK.

Young people took the lead on a full programme of drama and music for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) in Rotherham. The event was organised as a collaboration between Rotherham Early Help (Rotherham Borough Council), the Hudderfield-based CHOL Theatre arts company, and MyPlace/YMCA community centre.

On 15 April 1945, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.

The Buchenwald Concentration Camp was liberated on 11 April 1945 by American troops.

Claudia Hyde recently took part in a study trip to Budapest as part of the Fellowship Programme run by the organisation René Cassin. In this Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) blog for Refugee Week 2019 she reflects on the current treatment of refugees in Hungary and the importance of individuals and organisations standing together to challenge prejudice and oppression.

The UK Ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 brought together The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with the UK’s faith, political and civic leadership, and survivors of the Holocaust and more recent genocides.