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Holocaust Memorial Day

January 30, 2025, 4:19 pm

Business leaders unite to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Sainsbury's, British Airways, Google, Wickes and Pizza Express among firms gathered to hear speech by Mala Tribich MBE

By Louisa Walters

Screenshot: RTE
Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina with Holocaust survivors Suzi Diamond (third left) and Tomi Reichenthal (fourth left) as they arrive at a Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Mansion House

January 29, 2025, 12:33 pm

OPINION: The dark descent into Holocaust erasure

Let's be clear: the genocide of European Jews by the Nazi regime was unique in its systematic nature and industrial scale

By Claudia Mendoza

January 28, 2025, 1:56 pm

Jewish protesters for Gaza target Kindertransport memorial on Holocaust Memorial Day

North London Peaceniks and Jews Against Genocide lay Palestinian flag wreath on refugee sculpture outside Liverpool Street Station

By Michelle Rosenberg

January 28, 2025, 11:32 am

Good Morning Britain apologises for omitting the word ‘Jews’ in Holocaust Memorial Day segment

Substitution of the word "Jews" for "people" sparked widespread indignation

By Michelle Rosenberg

Hila Weisz-Gut, 34, an Israeli researcher in Holocaust studies. Screenshot: Twitter/X

January 28, 2025, 10:39 am

The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window

Hila Weisz-Gut’s grandmother survived Auschwitz. In 2023, Weisz-Gut moved to the town where the concentration camp is located

By Philissa Cramer (JTA)

January 27, 2025, 11:25 pm

We must remember the Holocaust, says imam survivor of Srbrenica

Wembley Stadium hosts its first Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony ahead of 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz

By Justin Cohen

January 27, 2025, 2:14 pm

Jewish woman dragged out of Ireland’s Holocaust memorial event

'You cannot remove a Jewish woman from a Holocaust memorial ceremony!': Lior Tibet forcibly removed for turning her back during anti-Israel speech by Irish president

By Michelle Rosenberg

January 27, 2025, 1:30 pm

OPINION: Politicising the Holocaust is an unforgivable betrayal of six million people

It is an absolute perversion that a man accused of antisemitism gave a speech at a Holocaust event which led to Jewish people being violently dragged out of the room

By Nicole Lampert

Marc Cave, director of National Holocaust Museum at National Holocaust Museum's new international touring exhibition THE VICIOUS CIRCLE’, exploring the recurring delusion behind the anti-Jewish pogrom ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day 27th of January 2025.

January 24, 2025, 11:36 am

New international touring exhibition explores anti-Jewish pogroms

The National Holocaust Museum initiative, 'The Vicious Circle', runs in central London until Tuesday 28th January

By Michelle Rosenberg

Antisemitism does not disappear when left unchallenged—it mutates and reappears in new forms

January 21, 2025, 12:26 pm

OPINION: Antisemitism persists because it is allowed to

We cannot afford to merely look back and mourn; we must look forward and act

By Dov Forman

December 20, 2024, 4:33 pm

Council increases resources for Holocaust Memorial Day after ‘racist’ boycott call

Islamic Human Rights Commission urged councils to skip the main commemorations of 80th anniversary of Auschwitz' liberation as it doesn't include suffering in Gaza

By Jenni Frazer

December 11, 2024, 11:10 am

Holocaust museum launches poetry collection inspired by one man’s family history

Historian Ben Barkow commemorates his family Shoah testimony with 20 heart-felt poems

By Michelle Rosenberg

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

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

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