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Holocaust Memorial Day: Speaker Hoyle urges people to call out intolerance

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle urged people to call out intolerance and work together to build a “happier future” at a special ceremony in Westminster to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Candles were lit at the service in Portcullis House to reflect ...

27 Jan 2022 at 20:55

Scotland

Memory of Scottish teacher Jane Haining who died in Auschwitz to be honoured

Growing levels of antisemitism, racism, and intolerance show that the story of a Scottish woman who gave her life to protect school girls during the Holocaust is relevant today, says a group which has formed to promote her living legacy. Jane ...

27 Jan 2022 at 16:25

Scotland

I have wept over horrors of Holocaust, says former Scottish Tory leader

Former Scottish Tory leader Jackson Carlaw has said he has wept over the horrors of the Holocaust. Speaking in a debate to honour Holocaust Memorial Day in the Scottish Parliament, Mr Carlaw asked “have we failed” to fight prejudice? ...

27 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Derry News

Council holds minute's silence during monthly meeting for Holocaust Memorial Day

Derry City & Strabane District Council held a minute's silence during their monthly meeting in remembrance of those who died in the Holocaust. January 27 is Holocaust Memorial Day where the six million people, murdered because they ...

28 Jan 2022 at 13:35

David Schwimmer pays tribute to genocide victims on Holocaust Memorial Day

David Schwimmer has called for “reflection and education” about the victims of genocide on International Holocaust Memorial Day. The Friends actor shared a post on Instagram paying tribute to the millions of innocent men, women ...

28 Jan 2022 at 02:55

Survivors light candles in London to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust survivors have gathered in central London to light candles and remember the victims of genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day. A group of nearly 30 survivors and their families stood on the steps of Piccadilly Circus ...

27 Jan 2022 at 22:55

600 candles lit to remember victims of the Holocaust and other genocides

Faith leaders have gathered to light candles and remember all the victims of genocide ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day. Six hundred candles were lit during the event at York Minster’s Chapter House, forming the Star of ...

26 Jan 2022 at 19:25

Genocide survivors urge compassion for migrants ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust and genocide survivors who fled their homelands to escape persecution have urged Britons to show the same compassion afforded to them to the thousands of people crossing the English Channel in search of ...

25 Jan 2022 at 09:25

Scotland

We must unite against hate, Yousaf says as he marks Holocaust Memorial Day

Scotland’s First Minister has urged people to “unite against hate”, as he marked Holocaust Memorial Day. Each year on January 27, events are held to remember those persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime in ...

27 Jan 2024 at 11:44

Holocaust Memorial Day ‘difficult’ due to Hamas-Israel conflict – charity chief

The chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust has said this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day will be “really difficult” against the backdrop of the Hamas-Israel conflict. Karen Pollock said the “huge ...

27 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Genocide survivors at Holocaust event call for people to value each other

Survivors of genocide have called for people to understand, empathise with and value each other, as hundreds gathered at a Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) ceremony and condemned the rise of prejudice. ...

24 Jan 2024 at 20:12

Holocaust survivor urges people to ‘stand up against hatred and prejudice’

A Holocaust survivor who was rescued on the way to a concentration camp has warned people to “stand up against hatred and prejudice”. Ivan Shaw BEM, now aged 84 and living in London, was just five ...

26 Jan 2024 at 01:21

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