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HMDT Blog: March of the Living 2017 Part Two
Jamie (Team Assistant) and Rachel (HMD Development Manager) from the HMDT staff team recently took part in March of the Living UK, a six-day international educational trip which includes visits to former concentration camps and culturally significant sites associated with the Holocaust.
HMDT Blog: HMD 2017 across the UK
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2017 was marked across the UK with thousands of diverse activities involving people from all walks of life.
Witold Pilecki
The only known voluntary inmate of Auschwitz, who spent two and a half years gathering intelligence from within the camp.
Europe's Holocaust memorial stones interrupt the present and confront us with the past
In commemorating the lives of the family members who she was never able to meet, one second-generation refugee of Nazi persecution demonstrates how powerful an act of remembrance can be, and how important it is to keep the memory alive.
Concentration camps
On 22 March 1933, only a couple of months after Adolf Hitler was appointed German Chancellor, the first concentration camp of the Nazi regime was established in the town of Dachau about 10 miles northwest of Munich.
15 September 1935: Introduction of the Nuremberg Laws
On 15 September 1935, two distinct laws were announced at a Nazi party rally in Nuremberg, collectively known as the Nuremberg Laws.
October: National Hate Crime Awareness Week
National Hate Crime Awareness Week takes place in October every year, and is an opportunity to raise awareness of what hate crime is and stand by those affected by it.
8 December 1941: Murders begin at Chełmno
On 8 December 1941 the first murders were carried out at Chełmno. The Chełmno ‘killing centre’ was the first Nazi camp to be used specifically for the purpose of systematically murdering inmates, the majority of whom were Jewish.
10 December: Human Rights Day
10 December is International Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.