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Holocaust Memorial Day
Lord Pickles, Andy Lawrence, Tamara Finkelstein, Olivia Marks-Woldman
April 16, 2024, 2:04 pm
Theme announced for 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust announces that the 2025 remembrance day, focusing on 'For A Better Future’ will also mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia
By Michelle Rosenberg
January 30, 2024, 6:27 pm
OPINION: By only seeing themselves as victims, Israelis and Palestinians continue the mutual infliction of suffering
Magen Inon , who lost both his parents in 7 October attacks by Hamas, says ongoing fear for the hostages keeps the trauma at the forefront of many minds
By Magen Inon
Kate Osamor, the MP for Edmonton,
January 30, 2024, 5:45 pm
OPINION: If the Holocaust has a moral lesson, it’s don’t demonise Jews
Suspended Labour MP Kate Osamor's attempt to link Israel and the Nazis reflected an alarming resurgence of religious animosity reminiscent of medieval times.
By Alex Hearn
Palestine activists scream insults as Lambeth Council leader Claire Holland tells full meeting of this year's HMD commemorations
January 26, 2024, 2:53 pm
Sick ‘pro-Palestine’ activists heckle council leader as she outlines Holocaust memorial events
EXCLUSIVE Lambeth Council leader Claire Holland faced screams of 'Shame on you' from the public gallery as she spoke proudly of the borough's Holocaust Memorial Day events.
By Lee Harpin
The Reverend Canon Michael Smith, Acting Dean of York, helps light six hundred candles in the shape of the Star of David, in memory of more than 6 million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis in the Second World War, in the Chapter House at York Minster in York, part of York Minster's commemoration for International Holocaust Day.
January 26, 2024, 7:55 am
Holocaust educators braced for ‘agonising’ weekend
Schools and offices scale back this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations over Gaza conflict
By Sarah Miller
The Erez border crossing between Gaza and Israel. Credit: Jotam Confino
January 24, 2024, 10:56 am
OPINION: Standing up for freedom demands more than remembrance
Amidst the violence taking place in Israel and Palestine, we must stand up for the freedom of others, not just our own, writes Laura Marks, chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
By Laura Marks
Michael Morpurgo with Anne Frank Trust UK ambassadors. 18th January, 2024, London Hilton Park Lane. Pic: Michelle Rosenberg
January 22, 2024, 6:19 pm
Three schools postpone Holocaust educational partnership with Anne Frank Trust
The unnamed schools cited 'local community tensions' since 7 October for programme withdrawal
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Holocaust Centre North
January 16, 2024, 1:28 pm
Holocaust educational centre presents an evening of commemoration
On January 23rd, Holocaust Centre North will bring together survivors, community groups, local schools and volunteers to remember the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust
By Michelle Rosenberg
“There is a talk about clearing Hamas out of Gaza. Isn’t that a little bit like the Final Solution?”
November 7, 2023, 2:01 pm
OPINION: Mutation of anti-Jewish hatred from history’s shadows to today’s reality
Antisemitism survived the Nazi death camps and continues to blight our society, writes Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust.
By Karen Pollock
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has revealed plans to visit Auschwitz for the first time in 2024
September 12, 2023, 10:25 am
Education secretary Gillian Keegan announces visit to Auschwitz
Gillian Keegan shared details of the trip on Monday evening during her keynote speech at the Holocaust Educational Trust annual dinner in north London.
By Richard Ferrer
Holocaust survivor Alfred Huberman and his granddaughter Faye Huberman Holocaust memorial day 2009.
April 26, 2023, 10:00 am
OPINION: The Fragility Of Freedom – that’s the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2024
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024 will also mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
Credit: Centre for German-Jewish studies, Twitter
January 30, 2023, 4:04 pm
Uni announces new 10-year fellowship programme for Jewish and Holocaust studies
Leading academics from universities around the world to take part at University of Sussex.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jane Haining. Credit: PA
January 27, 2023, 4:11 pm
Auschwitz victim’s story to be taught in schools across Scotland
Given the choice to leave, missionary Jane Haining stayed with her Jewish students: "If these children need me in days of sunshine, how much more do they need me in darkness?”
By JN Reporter
The King lit two candles in remembrance of victims of genocide to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
January 27, 2023, 2:08 pm
King and Queen Consort light candles to remember horrors of the Holocaust
Charles and Camilla also met with Dr Martin Stern at Buckingham Palace who was taken to Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War as a young boy.
By Jewish News Reporter
Vera Schaufeld, Credit: (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
January 27, 2023, 1:55 pm
Antisemitism rising because of a lack of Holocaust education, survivor warns
Vera Schaufeld believes it's important to continue talking about Nazi genocide to remind people of where antisemitism can lead.
By Jewish News Reporter
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