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More than thirty survivors of the Holocaust and more recent genocides are included in the New Year Honours List in recognition of their work in Holocaust and genocide education.  

Stephen Smith, Executive Director Chair of the USC Shoah Foundation and the UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education, discusses how genocide memory and education in Rwanda can be used to provoke action and prevent future genocides.

On Saturday 18 March HMDT hosted its annual HMD Youth Champion Day in Manchester, bringing together young people from across the UK to reflect on their work marking HMD 2017 and looking forward to next year.

These resources have been created to provide educators and Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) activity organisers with suggested films that talk to both the Holocaust and more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. The resources also provide discussion points, questions and suggestions for further activities to take forward your learning and engagement with the Holocaust and more recent genocides.

Genocide survivor Clare lost her family in the violence which engulfed Rwanda in 1994. She was repeatedly raped and left mutilated after being left for dead in a killing pit. Here she describes her experiences.

Hawa is a survivor of ethnic cleansing in Darfur, Sudan. In this Untold Stories film she talks about the persecution that caused her to leave her village and her fears for her family.

Brian Steidle was a US monitor attached to the African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan. In 2004 he was sent to Darfur, where he witnessed horrendous crimes committed by fighters backed by the Sudanese Government. Brian has made a book and a film about Darfur to raise awareness of the genocide that took place there.

Mussa Uwitonze became an orphan after being separated from his family during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. He was raised in an orphanage, and it was there that he was first handed a camera – a moment that fuelled his lifelong passion for photography.

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.

Almost half of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s population was displaced by the conflict and still today many Bosnians chose to live abroad.