Holocaust Memorial Day Thursday 26 January 2012

Today is International Holocaust Memorial Day.


Holocaust Memorial Day provides a focus for learning lessons from the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides and apply them to the present day to create a safer, better future. On Holocaust Memorial Day we share the memory of the millions who have been murdered in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur in order to challenge hatred and persecution in the UK today.


The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is a charity which works to raise awareness of HMD. You can find out more about what we do on our website. we share the memory of the millions who have been murdered in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur in order to challenge hatred and persecution in the UK today.

The Nazi concentration camps were liberated by allied troops from 1944, the largest camp – Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945, and it is on this day that we mark Holocaust Memorial Day.


Find out more about the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust on their website.