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Olivia Marks-Woldman
Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London ahead of a hearing regarding the UK Holocaust Memorial. Issue date: Tuesday February 22, 2022. (Jewish News)
April 12, 2022, 2:53 pm
OPINION: This is a setback but Holocaust memorial will be relevant to everyone
Last week, the High Court agreed with campaigners that the proposed UK Holocaust memorial should not go ahead in Victoria Tower Gardens.
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
Olivia at last Thursday’s event in Piccadilly Circus
February 3, 2022, 3:05 pm
OPINION: Day of high emotion gives me renewed hope and confidence
Olivia Marks-Woldman of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust reflects on this year's day of remembrance in the centre of London alongside survivors
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
A woman seen shouting slogans while holding a placard during a protest against the Chinese policies in Xinjiang.
January 26, 2022, 1:29 pm
OPINION: On Holocaust Memorial Day, we have a duty to stand up for the Uyghurs
While 27 January is a day of solemn reflection for those who perished in the Shoah, it's also a forward-looking day of action and concern for tomorrow, writes Olivia Marks-Woldman
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
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
Nuremberg Trials: looking down on the defendants' dock. Ca. 1945-46.
November 19, 2020, 12:13 pm
OPINION: Justice of a kind 
Olivia Marks-Woldman of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust reflects on the 75th anniversary of the #NurembergTrials, bringing Nazi criminals to justice
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
Screenshot from Twitter of alleged Uyghur prisoners, blindfolded and cuffed being loaded on to trains. (Via Jewish News)
August 20, 2020, 2:15 pm
OPINION: Never again can never again be left to chance
Dr Kate Ferguson and Olivia Marks-Woldman reflect on the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in China, and why it's time to take a stand, inspired by recent Jewish history
By Dr Kate Ferguson and Olivia Marks-Woldman
Roma prisoners (Credit USHMM/ HMDT via Jewish News)
August 2, 2019, 9:28 am
OPINION: 75 years on, remembering the Roma victims of the Nazis
Marking the liquidation of the 'Gypsy Family Camp’ at Auschwitz in 1944, Olivia Marks-Woldman pays tribute to victims on Genocide Remembrance Day
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
Survivor of the Holocaust Helen Aronson speaks at the HMD 2019 reception
January 25, 2019, 9:52 am
OPINION: With rising intolerance, Holocaust Memorial Day is more vital than ever
Olivia Marks-Woldman of HMDT reflects on the need to continue the memory of the Shoah amid rising antisemitism and hate
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
Bushey Cemetery, Herts, designed by Waugh Thistleton Architects, which has been shortlisted for the Riba Stirling Prize, Photo credit: Lewis Khan/RIBA/PA Wire
January 10, 2019, 9:48 am
OPINION: Dignified service so long overdue
Olivia Marks-Woldman of the HMDT reflects on the remarkable story of the burying of Holocaust victims' remains at Bushey cemetery
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
Survivor of the Holocaust Helen Aronson speaks at the HMD 2019 reception
December 7, 2018, 12:29 pm
OPINION: Seventy years since the world was forced to take a stand on genocide
Seven decades after the adoption of the Genocide Convention, Olivia Marks-Woldman of HMDT reflects on the importance of marking the anniversary today
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
Oskar Gröning
March 13, 2018, 4:17 pm
OPINION: Oskar Groening died a guilty man
Olivia Marks-Woldman, CEO of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust reflects on the passing of Nazi guard Oskar Groening
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
Olivia Marks-Woldman Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Chief Executive
January 18, 2018, 11:44 am
OPINION: This HMD, consider the power words possess
Chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Olivia Marks-Woldman reflects on the poignant theme for this year's events
By Olivia Marks-Woldman
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