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On 1 August 1936 the Games of the 11th Olympiad began in Berlin, in a climate of heightening political and racial persecution in Nazi Germany.

Here you can read the full biographies of contributors to the Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 UK Ceremony.

Welcome to our media centre which is the starting point for all press enquiries. Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is the charity which promotes and supports Holocaust Memorial Day across the UK each year on and around 27 January.

Here you will find resources to help your school mark Holocaust Memorial Day. We have a range of assemblies, lesson plans and activities to help your students learn about the Holocaust, Nazi persecution of other communities, and where persecution led in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, as well as contemporary issues.

Bill Hunt and Sophie Harrison have kindly provided photographs from the Holocaust which you can use. Here you will find images relating to the camps.