Olivia Marks-Woldman Archives

Olivia Marks-Woldman

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

Keir Starmer with Holocaust survivors at a Memorial Day reception in 2024.

January 27, 2025, 10:25 am

OPINION: Can humanity truly learn from the past?

The chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust on why the fight for a better world is a marathon, not a sprint

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

(l to r) Sir Ben Helfgott, Jan Goldberger and Harry Spiro pictured at a lunch inside Holmehurst, the original Loughton hostel, now a privately owned residence owned by Wendy and Richard Higgins, who opened up their home to a group of 80 members of the '45 Aid Society, including the 3 Loughton Boys and their families as well as other Boys and local dignitaries (credit: Melissa Page)

June 16, 2023, 11:04 am

OPINION: Ben Helfgott’s loss to Holocaust education and commemoration sector is incalculable

‘Ben taught me, guided me, scolded me and laughed with me'

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

Holocaust survivor Alfred Huberman and his granddaughter Faye Huberman Holocaust memorial day 2009.

April 26, 2023, 10:00 am

OPINION: The Fragility Of Freedom – that’s the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024 will also mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.

By 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

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

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