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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.
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"These young people and others will be able to carry the stories forward for generations to come and keep the memories of the 6 million alive"
A fantastic piece following this year's educational Holocaust Memorial Day event at @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social @het.org.uk
A fantastic piece following this year's educational Holocaust Memorial Day event at @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social @het.org.uk
The only Jewish Lord-Lieutenant in England reflects on a powerful initiative between St. Albans Cathedral, the Wiener Holocaust Library, Holocaust Educational Trust and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-keeping-holocaust-memories-alive-even-as-we-face-the-loss-of…
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-keeping-holocaust-memories-alive-even-as-we-face-the-loss-of…
OPINION: Keeping Holocaust memories alive, even as we face the loss of its survivors
The only Jewish Lord-Lieutenant in England reflects on a powerful initiative between St. Albans Cathedral, the Wiener Holocaust Library, Holocaust Educational Trust and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
www.jewishnews.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"These young people and others will be able to carry the stories forward for generations to come and keep the memories of the 6 million alive"
A fantastic piece following this year's educational Holocaust Memorial Day event at @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social @het.org.uk
A fantastic piece following this year's educational Holocaust Memorial Day event at @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social @het.org.uk
Our comment on the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator Marion Wiesel.
February 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Our comment on the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator Marion Wiesel.
'I don’t know how much longer I will be coming back, and it is painful but if you don’t do anything my family members who died here are just forgotten. I want them to be part of my life still.'
Mala Tribich MBE speaks to The Mirror on #HolocaustMemorialDay www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
Mala Tribich MBE speaks to The Mirror on #HolocaustMemorialDay www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
Only Brit Holocaust survivor to visit Auschwitz devastating explanation
British Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich, 94, admitted it was 'painful' to walk into the notorious camp - after having lost most of her relatives during the Holocaust
www.mirror.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
'I don’t know how much longer I will be coming back, and it is painful but if you don’t do anything my family members who died here are just forgotten. I want them to be part of my life still.'
Mala Tribich MBE speaks to The Mirror on #HolocaustMemorialDay www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
Mala Tribich MBE speaks to The Mirror on #HolocaustMemorialDay www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
Watch the international commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and #HolocaustMemorialDay, where our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE will be joining as a commentator.
You can watch it live now on the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
You can watch it live now on the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Auschwitz-Birkenau: Remember the millions who can't tell us what they went through, Auschwitz survivor says
On the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation, 98-year-old survivor Marian Turski addresses the commemoration in Poland.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Watch the international commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and #HolocaustMemorialDay, where our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE will be joining as a commentator.
You can watch it live now on the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
You can watch it live now on the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
'Today, I am back at Auschwitz marking the 80th anniversary, standing alongside Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich, who survived ghettos, Ravensbruck concentration camp, and Bergen-Belsen.'
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in today's @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinon-80-ye...
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in today's @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinon-80-ye...
OPINON: 80 years on, the weight of memory grows heavier
Today's anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation is a stark reminder of the past—and the urgent duty to preserve it for the future.
www.jewishnews.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
'Today, I am back at Auschwitz marking the 80th anniversary, standing alongside Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich, who survived ghettos, Ravensbruck concentration camp, and Bergen-Belsen.'
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in today's @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinon-80-ye...
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in today's @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinon-80-ye...
'As survivors become older, fewer, frailer, and less able to tell their stories, they are relying on all of us to take on the mantle of remembrance.'
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE writes in LBC on the importance of #HolocaustMemorialDay www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE writes in LBC on the importance of #HolocaustMemorialDay www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, it's up to us to take on the mantle of remembrance
80 years ago Soviet soldiers opened the gates of a place that soon became synonymous with evil – Auschwitz-Birkenau.
www.lbc.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
'As survivors become older, fewer, frailer, and less able to tell their stories, they are relying on all of us to take on the mantle of remembrance.'
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE writes in LBC on the importance of #HolocaustMemorialDay www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE writes in LBC on the importance of #HolocaustMemorialDay www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Read Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack OBE's powerful interview in The Daily Express today on #HolocaustMemorialDay: www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
January 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Read Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack OBE's powerful interview in The Daily Express today on #HolocaustMemorialDay: www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.
January 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.
Holocaust survivors Eva Clarke BEM, Hannah Lewis MBE and Steven Frank BEM speak to The Times about their experiences during the Holocaust ahead of #HolocaustMemorialDay tomorrow:
www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...
www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...
‘I know the Holocaust happened — I was born in a concentration camp’
Eighty years on, British Holocaust survivors share their harrowing stories, a stark reminder of the genocide as denial rises and witnesses dwindle
www.thetimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Holocaust survivors Eva Clarke BEM, Hannah Lewis MBE and Steven Frank BEM speak to The Times about their experiences during the Holocaust ahead of #HolocaustMemorialDay tomorrow:
www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...
www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...
Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment
This week I was honoured to sign @het.org.uk Book of Commitment to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
We must honour those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as pay tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who continue to work tirelessly to educate society today.
We must honour those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as pay tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who continue to work tirelessly to educate society today.
January 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment
Now in the House of Commons - a backbench business debate on Holocaust Memorial Day. Tune in on BBC Parliament. Our thanks to David Pinto-Duschinsky MP, Bob Blackman MP and Christine Jardine MP for sponsoring.
You can also watch it live here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
You can also watch it live here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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House of Commons
parliamentlive.tv
January 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Now in the House of Commons - a backbench business debate on Holocaust Memorial Day. Tune in on BBC Parliament. Our thanks to David Pinto-Duschinsky MP, Bob Blackman MP and Christine Jardine MP for sponsoring.
You can also watch it live here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
You can also watch it live here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment
Proud to sign the @het.org.uk's Book of Commitment ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, which this year marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
January 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment
Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment
This year Holocaust Memorial Day marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
I signed the @het.org.uk Book of Commitment to honour the millions murdered during the Holocaust, and pay tribute to the extraordinary survivors.
I signed the @het.org.uk Book of Commitment to honour the millions murdered during the Holocaust, and pay tribute to the extraordinary survivors.
January 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night in Parliament for our special event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 and 80 years since the end of the Holocaust.
January 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night in Parliament for our special event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 and 80 years since the end of the Holocaust.
Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment
Yesterday I met with the Holocaust Educational Trust @het.org.uk to sign their Book of Commitment.
Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, we must honour those who were killed, pay tribute to those that survived and commit to fighting antisemitism and hate today.
Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, we must honour those who were killed, pay tribute to those that survived and commit to fighting antisemitism and hate today.
January 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment
Today is Holocaust survivor John Dobai's 91st birthday! Please #sendhimsomelove!
January 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today is Holocaust survivor John Dobai's 91st birthday! Please #sendhimsomelove!
In two weeks time students in Year 6/ P7 will join our Multi-School Outreach event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. We will be joined by Hedi Argent MBE, who will deliver her powerful testimony and will conduct a Q&A with the students. Sign your class up today: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
January 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
In two weeks time students in Year 6/ P7 will join our Multi-School Outreach event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. We will be joined by Hedi Argent MBE, who will deliver her powerful testimony and will conduct a Q&A with the students. Sign your class up today: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Teachers and trainees! Join our Spring term 'Introduction to the Holocaust Educational Trust' online training sessions on either 14 January, 4 February or 11 March. Sessions are free and participants can register for any upcoming #TeacherCPD event. Find out more here: www.het.org.uk/education/te...
December 18, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Teachers and trainees! Join our Spring term 'Introduction to the Holocaust Educational Trust' online training sessions on either 14 January, 4 February or 11 March. Sessions are free and participants can register for any upcoming #TeacherCPD event. Find out more here: www.het.org.uk/education/te...
Registration is open for our #LessonsfromAuschwitz CPD for teachers, taking place in March 2025.
This course is for Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 teachers and includes a one-day visit to the former concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Apply now here: tinyurl.com/yutdjzp4
This course is for Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 teachers and includes a one-day visit to the former concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Apply now here: tinyurl.com/yutdjzp4
December 17, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Registration is open for our #LessonsfromAuschwitz CPD for teachers, taking place in March 2025.
This course is for Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 teachers and includes a one-day visit to the former concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Apply now here: tinyurl.com/yutdjzp4
This course is for Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 teachers and includes a one-day visit to the former concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Apply now here: tinyurl.com/yutdjzp4
Last week we concluded our six week ‘Understanding Antisemitism in the UK’ Course!
Ambassadors from across the UK learned from experts about how to recognise, report and respond to antisemitism, reaffirming their commitment to standing up to hate whenever they see it.
Ambassadors from across the UK learned from experts about how to recognise, report and respond to antisemitism, reaffirming their commitment to standing up to hate whenever they see it.
December 9, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Last week we concluded our six week ‘Understanding Antisemitism in the UK’ Course!
Ambassadors from across the UK learned from experts about how to recognise, report and respond to antisemitism, reaffirming their commitment to standing up to hate whenever they see it.
Ambassadors from across the UK learned from experts about how to recognise, report and respond to antisemitism, reaffirming their commitment to standing up to hate whenever they see it.
‘This weekend, thousands of people, many of them Jewish, are taking to the streets to say that we will not be silenced or questioned any longer’.
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
Anti-Jewish hatred has become normal in Britain. We need decisive action
Why is this country, with its proud history of standing against racism, not furious about the record-breaking rise in racism against Jews?
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 5:32 PM
‘This weekend, thousands of people, many of them Jewish, are taking to the streets to say that we will not be silenced or questioned any longer’.
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
Today is the 92nd birthday of Lord Alf Dubs. Lord Dubs was one of the hundreds of children who came to Britain on the Kindertransport to escape Nazi persecution, and served 8 years as a Member of Parliament. Have a wonderful day Alf!
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Today is the 92nd birthday of Lord Alf Dubs. Lord Dubs was one of the hundreds of children who came to Britain on the Kindertransport to escape Nazi persecution, and served 8 years as a Member of Parliament. Have a wonderful day Alf!
Our comment on the passing of our dear friend, Holocaust survivor Bob Kirk BEM.
December 4, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Our comment on the passing of our dear friend, Holocaust survivor Bob Kirk BEM.
Teachers! Apply now for the Rolf Schild and Holocaust Educational Trust Professional Recognition Award.
This award provides a funded 3-stage programme of professional development, encompassing residential study in the UK and abroad. Check the link here to find out more: het.org.uk/rolf-schild-award
This award provides a funded 3-stage programme of professional development, encompassing residential study in the UK and abroad. Check the link here to find out more: het.org.uk/rolf-schild-award
December 4, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Teachers! Apply now for the Rolf Schild and Holocaust Educational Trust Professional Recognition Award.
This award provides a funded 3-stage programme of professional development, encompassing residential study in the UK and abroad. Check the link here to find out more: het.org.uk/rolf-schild-award
This award provides a funded 3-stage programme of professional development, encompassing residential study in the UK and abroad. Check the link here to find out more: het.org.uk/rolf-schild-award
On Sunday, we concluded our Teacher Training Programme to Lublin, with a seminar on objects found at Sobibór and the art of liberation at Majdanek.
Participants said the course 'deeply enriched their understanding of both Jewish life and the Holocaust in the Lublin region'.
Participants said the course 'deeply enriched their understanding of both Jewish life and the Holocaust in the Lublin region'.
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
On Sunday, we concluded our Teacher Training Programme to Lublin, with a seminar on objects found at Sobibór and the art of liberation at Majdanek.
Participants said the course 'deeply enriched their understanding of both Jewish life and the Holocaust in the Lublin region'.
Participants said the course 'deeply enriched their understanding of both Jewish life and the Holocaust in the Lublin region'.