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Holocaust victims and survivors remembered at poignant memorial event

Holocaust Memorial Day is held annually to remember the millions of people killed in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides

Daily Record · Jan 31, 2023

The Holocaust: remembering the powerful acts of 'ordinary people'

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there,” the British author LP Hartley once wrote, hinting at the mystique of history – the idea that people in the past were somehow different to us in the 21st century.

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2023

MPs fall silent on anniversary of declaration on the persecution of the Jews

The declaration took place on December 17, 1942, and reports from the time say MPs rose spontaneously and stood for a moment in silence.

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Jimmy Carr: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust calls out comedian’s ‘abhorrent’ joke about Roma people

Carr received widespread criticism after a video clip of him making the joke went viral on social media

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022

Jimmy Carr causes outrage with 'vile' Holocaust joke in new Netflix special

"These are not experiences for mockery," the CEO of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust has said

Wales Online · Feb 4, 2022

Black people were Hitler’s victims too – that must not be forgotten

On Holocaust Memorial Day, it is vital that we remember all the people targeted, say Farayi Mungazi and Olivia Marks-Woldman of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2022

What are the purple badges that MPs are wearing?

Here's how to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the significance of the purple and pink flame badges

Manchester Evening News · Jan 27, 2022