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HMDT blog: The fight to feel safe for LGBTQ+ young people

HMDT blog: The fight to feel safe for LGBTQ+ young people

Our guest blog for Pride Month is by Bex Shorunke, from the LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity, akt. Bex describes the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ young people and her hopes for One Day when they will feel welcomed and safe everywhere they go.

Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oneg Shabbat Archive

Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oneg Shabbat Archive

Born in 1900 in Buchach (which is now in Ukraine), Emanuel Ringelblum became a history teacher in Warsaw after completing his PhD on the history of the Jews of medieval Warsaw. He married Yehudis, and they had a little boy, Uri.

Eric Murangwa Eugène MBE

Eric Murangwa Eugène MBE

Eric played for Kigali’s top football team. During the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda his fellow players protected him from the killing. Today Eric runs an organisation which uses football to promote tolerance, unity and reconciliation among Rwandan youth.

Quarter of UK public have witnessed hate speech in the last year

Quarter of UK public have witnessed hate speech in the last year

On Holocaust Memorial Day 2018, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust releases the findings of a survey of the UK public on hate speech.Over a quarter (27%*) of all UK adults have personally witnessed one or more incidents of hate speech in the last year and one in 10 (12%) have witnessed…

Rescuer Story: Gino Bartali

Rescuer Story: Gino Bartali

Gino Bartali was an Italian cycling legend having won the gruelling Tour de France twice, once prior to and once after World War Two. But the true heroism of Bartali’s actions went far beyond his prowess on the bike, as he used his sporting fame to help save the lives of many Jewish people.