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Pic: Ankit Govind Photography
May 28, 2024, 12:25 pm
£200k raised to preserve 1200 remnants of desecrated headstones in Belarus
769 donors support fundraiser for The Together Plan's memorial to more than 26,000 Jews murdered in the Holocaust
By Michelle Rosenberg
April 30, 2024, 12:05 pm
VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Shrouded in fear
Concealing our national Holocaust memorial betrays its very purpose. Britain, we are better than this.
By Voice of the Jewish News
Artist's impression issued by the UK Holocaust Memorial showing the aerial view of the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London.
June 22, 2023, 8:18 pm
Government urged not to ‘ram through’ national Holocaust memorial in park
The plea came as a law change is due to be debated by MPs, enabling the development to go ahead in Westminster. Baroness Deech criticised the lack of consultation.
By Jewish News Reporter
Frontage of the Jewish Museum in Camden, north London.
June 9, 2023, 1:24 pm
Opinion: Museum’s closure is one big and embarrassing shock
Alex Brummer says it is "extraordinary" that emergency funds could not be raised to keep Camden's Jewish Museum going and asks why our community can't get things done
By Alex Brummer
Protesters at the Royal Courts of Justice ahead of a hearing in February 2022 about the UK Holocaust Memorial
May 23, 2023, 2:05 pm
‘Slew of government errors’ to blame for Holocaust memorial delays, says trust
London Historic Parks & Gardens Trust confirms it will continue to urge 'MPs to avoid building memorial 'on a public park'
By Lee Harpin
Artist's impression issued by the UK Holocaust Memorial showing the aerial view of the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London. The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust is opposed to a new UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a small triangular Grade II-listed park next to Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. Issue date: Tuesday February 22, 2022.
March 21, 2023, 3:26 pm
Lord Pickles hits back at ‘misleading information’ on Westminster Holocaust Memorial
The Conservative peer outlines new aims of government's Holocaust Memorial Bill.
By Lee Harpin
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
March 15, 2023, 4:28 pm
‘Vast majority’ of Holocaust survivors back Westminster memorial, says Sir Ben Helfgott
"There is no obligation on those of us who survived the Holocaust to share identical opinions on all issues," says Shoah iconic survivor and president of the 45 Aid Society
By Lee Harpin
Terezin memorial
February 22, 2023, 4:06 pm
OPINION: What my grandson taught me about remembering the Holocaust
Alex Brummer writes that remembrance, no matter how difficult, can be an inspiration to a younger generation keen to learn more about the Shoah
By Alex Brummer
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
January 25, 2023, 12:27 pm
Prime Minister confirms government WILL legislate for Holocaust Memorial in Westminster
Rishi Sunak announces plans to go-ahead with controversial £100 million project ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day.
By Lee Harpin
Proposed design of Westminster Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens
August 22, 2022, 1:20 pm
OPINION: How can clear-thinking Jews join those opposing Westminster memorial?
Like other great cities, London must have a prominent Holocaust memorial to remind the world of the depths of man's inhumanity, writes Alex Brummer
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
July 5, 2022, 1:24 pm
Government has ‘no alternative location’ for Holocaust Memorial, report finds
Probe into proposed £109m Westminster Holocaust Memorial by the National Audit Office finds Department involved 'does not have a track record of managing programmes'.
By Lee Harpin
Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London ahead of a hearing regarding the UK Holocaust Memorial, an issue that has also divided the Jewish community.
April 29, 2022, 1:30 pm
Government appeals court decision to quash Holocaust memorial planning permission
Move comes after campaigners won a stunning court battle to scupper plans for a national Holocaust memorial outside Parliament.
By Adam Decker
Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London ahead of a hearing regarding the UK Holocaust Memorial. Issue date: Tuesday February 22, 2022. (Jewish News)
April 12, 2022, 2:53 pm
OPINION: This is a setback but Holocaust memorial will be relevant to everyone
Last week, the High Court agreed with campaigners that the proposed UK Holocaust memorial should not go ahead in Victoria Tower Gardens.
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
July 29, 2021, 4:08 pm
OPINION: Westminster Holocaust Memorial will be reminder of past horrors
Westminster memorial will be permanent reminder political decisions have far-reaching consequences, say Lord Eric Pickles and Ed Balls.
By Lord Eric Pickles and Ed Balls
Stolperstein - or stumbling stone. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Credit: Willy Horsch
January 17, 2019, 3:57 pm
Stolen stumbling stone Holocaust memorials replaced in downtown Rome
Twenty memorials in the Italian capital that were stolen in December have been replaced
By JTA
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