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Sir Sajid Javid, Wes Streeting, Mala Tribich, Olivia Marks-Woldman and Jonathan Sorrell. (c) Gretel Ensignia
February 5, 2026, 12:41 am
Wes Streeting guest of honour at Holocaust Memorial Day Trust supporters’ dinner
Secretary of State joins charity chair Sir Sajid Javid for evening of remembrance
By Michelle Rosenberg
Sir Sajid Javid, Laura Marks CBE and Olivia Marks-Woldman OBE at the HMDT reception in Parliament. Photo Credit: Sam Churchill
July 8, 2025, 1:44 pm
Sajid Javid begins tenure as new Chair of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
Twelve survivors attend House of Commons handover, as former Home Secretary vows to challenge hate
By Annabel Sinclair
Bergen Belsen Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich MBE and Dr Alfred Garwood MBE (both centre front) at the memorial service. Photo Credit: Rosie Hallam
April 8, 2025, 11:42 am
Holocaust survivors join soldiers to mark 80 years since Bergen-Belsen liberation
Survivors’ testimonies and a time capsule ceremony honour liberators’ legacy at poignant Catterick Garrison commemoration
By Annabel Sinclair
From left to right: Sabit Jakupović, Bettina Crossick, Joan Salter MBE, Olivia Marks-Woldman OBE, and Tom Skitt at the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Reflection Evening 2025, held at Camden Town Hall. Photo Credit: HMDT
April 1, 2025, 12:41 pm
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust reveals 2026 theme after ‘year of extraordinary impact’
HMDT reflects on unprecedented reach and unveils 2026 theme
By Annabel Sinclair
The trial scene in The Merchant of Venice
January 26, 2023, 12:03 pm
OPINION: A timeline of prejudice, from Shylock to the Shoah
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust's Farayi Mungazi on why the long-lasting impact of antisemitic tropes in Merchant of Venice remain dangerously relevant today.
By Farayi Mungazi
Photographer Arthur Edwards with his portrait of Zigi Shipper's family
January 26, 2023, 11:27 am
‘Zigi looked at his family picture on the wall every day to celebrate his survival’
Royal photographer Arthur Edwards, who took an extraordinary portrait of Zigi Shipper's family, says the survivor, who died last week, wanted the image to show Hitler: "I survived. I won."
By Michelle Rosenberg
Credit: Adam Soller
January 18, 2023, 11:20 am
Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper dies on his 93rd birthday
Association of Jewish Refugees among many community organisations paying tribute to an "indefatigable speaker" and dedicated advocate for Holocaust education.
By Michelle Rosenberg
MPs observe moments silence the Commons
December 15, 2022, 11:02 am
MPs fall silent marking the day 80 years ago when the Commons was told of the Holocaust
House falls quiet for “tribute to all those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis”, witnessed by seven survivors.
By Lee Harpin and PA
September 9, 2022, 1:24 am
OPINION: The Queen’s support added incalculable weight to Holocaust education
From hosting survivors to visiting Bergen Belsen, Her Majesty's work with the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust was crucial as denial grew, argues Olivia Marks-Woldman
May 25, 2022, 2:55 pm
Website of Holocaust survivor photos by Duchess of Cambridge goes live
Pictures - the result of project led by Jewish News, Royal Photographic Society and Holocaust Memorial Day Trust - are on display at the Imperial War Museum and UNESCO.
By Justin Cohen
Emmerdale actress Louisa Clein at Holocaust Memorial Day Trust tea party for Queen's Platinum Jubliee at Lauderdale House, Archway
May 25, 2022, 12:33 pm
For Queen and country: Holocaust survivors gather to celebrate the Jubilee
Queen is honoured in week of jubliee by survivors and their children, including actress Louisa Clein and the UK's only Jewish Lord Lieutenant
By Toby Porter
The Duchess of Cambridge during a visit the Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London to officially open two new galleries, the Second World War Gallery and the Holocaust Gallery.
November 10, 2021, 6:08 pm
Duchess of Cambridge officially opens new Holocaust exhibit at Imperial War Museum
Kate saw the Generations: Portraits Of Holocaust Survivors exhibition which includes two photographic portraits she took last year to mark 75 years since the end of the Shoah.
By Justin Cohen
Holocaust survivors gather at the Jewish News sponsored event (© Derryn Vranch / Royal Photographic Society)
September 21, 2021, 6:39 pm
Largest gathering of UK Holocaust survivors for two years at IWM exhibition
Survivors were joined by the deputy ambassador of UAE and the Shadow Communities Secretary at a private viewing of a exhibition of photographs featuring them and their families
By Josh Salisbury
Holocaust survivors John Hajdu MBE, Joan Salter MBE and Martin Stern MBE visit the exhibition at IWM London. © IWM - Generations: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors.
August 9, 2021, 12:51 pm
The power of images
Following the opening of the Portraits of Holocaust Survivors exhibition at the Imperial War Museum London, Olivia Marks-Woldman of HMDT reflects on the importance of remembrance
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
Zigi Shipper’s family portrait taken in stages and later pieced together by a graphic artist. Credit: Arthur Edwards
July 29, 2021, 1:23 pm
The faces of survival: Poignant portraits show life after the Holocaust
A new exhibition featuring the works of 13 photographers - including the Duchess of Cambridge and The Sun's royal photographer Arthur Edwards - opens at the Imperial War Museum
By Francine Wolfisz
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