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Holocaust Memorial Day

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
Israelis observe a two-minute to mark Yom HaShoah. Photo: X
April 14, 2026, 2:49 pm
Israelis pause for a different kind of siren: the one marking Holocaust memorial day
Some Israelis described “emotional confusion” after weeks of war alerts
By Philissa Cramer
April 13, 2026, 9:57 am
Holocaust Memorial Day has been universalised. Yom HaShoah cannot be
There is one day each year when Jews remember alone, and there is a reason for that
By Leo Pearlman
Joan Salter, Pic: Sam Churchill and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
February 19, 2026, 4:18 pm
We must not let the distorters define Holocaust Memorial Day
The best way to counter those who seek to silence us is not to shout into the void of their making
By Joan Salter MBE
Dena S Year12, Odelya W Year12, Rebecca G Year12 and Alex F Year 11. Haberdashers February 2026
February 5, 2026, 10:58 am
How we commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day at our school
A Haberdashers school assembly became a shared moment of reflection grounded in Jewish memory, at a time when many British schools have chosen not to commemorate HMD
By Haberdashers Students
Six giant digital candles illuminate the Piccadilly Lights in London during the national Light the Darkness moment marking Holocaust Memorial Day. Credit: Mark Lewis
February 2, 2026, 4:52 pm
We must fight to ensure Holocaust Memorial Day is not abused or deflected
Holocaust Memorial Day is an essential tool to combat antisemitism: efforts from some quarters to appropriate it must be confronted and pushed back
By Mark Adlestone
Abbots Hill School, Hemel Hempstead
January 30, 2026, 10:30 am
Sunday Times school of the year links Holocaust to Israel’s conflict with Hamas
EXCLUSIVE: In a now deleted post, Abbot's Hill's deputy head said, 'Commemorating HMD or being Jewish does not mean condoning atrocities in Gaza'
By Michelle Rosenberg
BBC Broadcasting House. The corporation initially insisted on calling a Jew liberated from Belsen a “holocaust survivor”. Photo: Wikimedia/Alexander Svensson
January 29, 2026, 7:29 pm
Senior BBC employee rants about ‘Jewish-backed’ MPs influencing police resignation
Tom Poole also defended the corporation's Holocaust Memorial Day description of "six million people" being killed, describing indignation in response as a 'Jewish pile-on'
By JN Reporter
Head boy Harry Patnick and head girl Tamar John of Yavneh College address the audience during the Metropolitan Police Service Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at Hampstead Synagogue.
January 29, 2026, 3:56 pm
Yavneh students lead Met Police Holocaust Memorial Day with warning against rising antisemitism
Teenage Jewish leaders told police and community partners that remembrance must confront today’s escalating antisemitism and hatred
By Annabel Sinclair
Undated handout photo issued by Church of Scotland of the proposed artwork for a mural in Paisley dedicated to a Scottish missionary, Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis after caring for Jewish schoolgirls in Budapest.Thursday January 29, 2026. Photo: Cameron Brooks/Church of Scotland/PA Wire
January 29, 2026, 12:35 pm
Artwork for mural dedicated to Scot who cared for Jewish girls unveiled
Matron Jane Haining was arrested in Budapest in April 1944 and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where she was sent to the gas chambers
By JN Reporter
Marc Levy, chief executive of the Jewish Representative Council for Greater Manchester, who left the service. Photo: Via Manchester Evening News (MEN).
January 29, 2026, 11:37 am
Jewish leader walks out of Bolton Holocaust Memorial Day over Gaza references
Jewish communal leader leaves Bolton ceremony after speech referencing Gaza, calling it a politicisation of Holocaust remembrance
By Annabel Sinclair
School children in a classroom. Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
January 28, 2026, 4:54 pm
UNESCO survey: antisemitism reported in three quarters of EU classrooms
Teachers across Europe warn of widespread antisemitism, Holocaust denial and lack of training
By Annabel Sinclair
Havant Borough Council mayor Councillor Munazza Faiz
January 28, 2026, 4:08 pm
Hampshire mayor who inflated Holocaust death total says post ‘incorrectly worded’
Despite 'issuing a correction' acknowledging death of six million Jews, Havant's Labour councillor Munazza Faiz doubles down on random figure of '12 million people murdered'
By Michelle Rosenberg
Isle of Man Government Building. Photo: Wikipedia
January 28, 2026, 3:00 pm
Isle of Man adopts IHRA antisemitism definition on Holocaust Memorial Day
Crown Dependency aligns with UK approach as ministers back IHRA definition to combat antisemitism and protect Jewish life
By Annabel Sinclair
The original URC social media post on BlueSky
January 28, 2026, 2:54 pm
United Reform Church apologises over Holocaust Memorial Day social media post
The UK denomination had shared a "devotion" which talked about how the "Pharisees" and "Sadducees...distort God's truth"
By Daniel Sugarman
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