Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

July 8, 2026, 3:27 pm

HMDT launches new music competition with chance to perform at national ceremony

Offering £500 prize, initiative invites musicians aged 18 - 25 to create an original composition inspired by the Holocaust Memorial Day 2027 theme, 'No Place for Prejudice'

By Michelle Rosenberg

Sir Sajid Javid and author Natalie Livingstone speak at the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust's Summer Tea Party in London. Credit: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust/Mark Lewis

June 8, 2026, 3:20 pm

HMDT chair Sajid Javid warns prejudice must be challenged as survivor testimony ‘runs out’

Summer gathering highlights urgency of Holocaust education as charity unveils 2027 theme, ‘No Place for Prejudice’

By Annabel Sinclair

Graduates of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s inaugural Next Gen Ambassador Programme pictured with Sir Sajid Javid and Daniel Finkelstein at the graduation ceremony in central London. Credit: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust/Grainge Photography.

May 28, 2026, 4:21 pm

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust graduates first cohort of young ambassadors

Young ambassadors recognised after leading Holocaust education projects, remembrance events and anti-hate initiatives across the UK

By Annabel Sinclair

Sajid Javid. Photo credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

May 18, 2026, 10:54 am

Britons asked for views on uniting UK as Javid warns country ‘in peril’

Former home secretary says millions should join new “national conversation” project on Britain’s growing divisions

By JN Reporter

British Army personnel stand in formation at Catterick Garrison during a commemoration marking 81 years since the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
Credit: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust / The Light Dragoons

April 16, 2026, 4:09 pm

British Army marks Bergen-Belsen liberation anniversary with renewed Holocaust education call

Commemorative event highlights Jewish victims, survivor legacy and duty to challenge hatred 81 years on

By Annabel Sinclair

January 28, 2026, 10:44 am

Pain and emotion runs through national Holocaust Memorial Day event

The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day this year was 'Bridging the Generations'

By Jenni Frazer

May 15, 2025, 9:58 pm

Holocaust Memorial Day fundraiser bridges the generations

It was the last event as chair for Laura Marks after nine years

By Justin Cohen

Memorial stone in the grounds of Bergen-Belsen (Photo credit: Klaus Tatzler/Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation/PA Wire)

April 1, 2025, 2:55 pm

OPINION: From Belsen to Britain: a duty that endures

As the Light Dragoons honour their legacy at Bergen-Belsen, the rest of Britain must ask: are we doing enough to confront hate

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

Joan Salter (Jewish News & FA). Pic: Simon Hill

January 21, 2025, 3:17 pm

Football legends interview survivors as Premier League clubs mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Jewish News initiative in partnership with Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Football Association and Dangoor Education

By Jewish News Reporter

King Charles III speaks to Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg during a reception marking Holocaust Memorial Day at Buckingham Palace in London.

January 13, 2025, 10:10 pm

King meets Holocaust survivors as he prepares for historic Auschwitz visit

Charles met 94-year-old Manfred Goldberg during an event at Buckingham Palace on the day it was confirmed he would join other world leaders at the camp this month.

By Justin Cohen

December 12, 2024, 1:08 pm

39 Holocaust groups and educators quit X in stand against hate and distortion

Association of Jewish Refugees, National Holocaust Centre and Bergen-Belsen Memorial among those vowing 'Not One More Word'

By Michelle Rosenberg

December 10, 2024, 11:17 am

Former Tory MP to lead governance review of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

Cross-bench peer Lord Harrington asked to conduct review after controversial HMDT invitation referred to "devastating violence" in Gaza

By Jenni Frazer

Lady Rosa Lipworth CBE, Pic: Michelle Rosenberg. Thursday 23rd May 2024

May 24, 2024, 1:18 pm

Holocaust and genocide survivors come together for tea

Guests gathered at private north London home to hear Holocaust Memorial Day Trust's plans for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

By Michelle Rosenberg

King Charles III departs Westminster Abbey after his coronation ceremony

May 9, 2024, 9:44 am

On His Majesty’s Service: Norwood granted patronage by King Charles

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, World Jewish Relief and JLGB also retain their royal patronage

By Michelle Rosenberg

The proposed memorial and an aerial view of Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster

January 24, 2024, 8:34 pm

VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Holocaust memorial is 10 years on the drawing board

MPs must heed the valid concerns of architects, a terrorism expert, the group Save Victoria Tower Gardens and four Shoah survivors, the eldest of them 98-year-old Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who have voiced their objections to current proposals for a memorial and learning centre

By Voice of the Jewish News

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