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Here in the UK, and around the world, millions of people face prejudice, discrimination and hostility simply because of their identity. Holocaust Memorial Day is a day of commemoration and action, when we challenge these attitudes and behaviours in order to build a better future together.
Our blog for Hate Crime Awareness Week is by Fiyaz Mughal OBE, founder and former Director of Tell MAMA and Faith Matters. Fiyaz reflects on the darkness of online hatred, and the hope he gains from seeing the responses of those who choose to be the light by reacting with kindness and understanding in online spaces.
We hear from survivors of the Holocaust and recent genocides about what Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee means to them as former refugees to the UK.
People from across the UK came together to watch the UK Online Commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2023 and Light the Darkness against prejudice and hatred.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 in Scotland, we partnered with Edinburgh Interfaith Association to produced this short film. The film is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Holocaust, the Nazi persecution of other groups, and in more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, and is suitable for schools, families and communities to watch as part of a Holocaust Memorial Day activity.
People came together across the UK to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024, culminating in the streaming of curated moments from the HMD 2024 UK Ceremony and the Light the Darkness national moment. Here we highlight just some of the ways Holocaust Memorial Day was marked this year.
To mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 2025, communities and organisations from across the UK will take part in a special nationwide arts and education project – 80 Candles for 80 Years.
For a Better Future is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2025.
Whether you are organising an in-person event or using your social media accounts to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) you may wish to use images to engage those attending or viewing your activity. Images can inspire conversation to help you mark HMD in a meaningful and impactful way.
Marianne Grant was a young artist from Prague. Having survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the final days of Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, using her skills as an artist to survive, she came to Glasgow where she raised her family.