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Li-Da Kruger, an award-winning filmmaker and producer, was born in Cambodia in 1974. She was evacuated from her homeland as a young baby, just days before the Khmer Rouge orchestrated the genocide that claimed around two million lives between 1975 and 1979
On 26 February 1943, the first transport of Roma and Sinti people from Germany arrived at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex.
The HMDT Next Gen Ambassador Programme is a prestigious programme by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT), designed to empower the next generation of leaders aged 18–25 to shape a future free from identity-based hatred and persecution.
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.
Political, faith and civic leaders and celebrities join survivors to attend our UK National Ceremony marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2026.