Karen Pollock

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The dangerous erasure of Jews from the Holocaust

Every time that the memory of the Shoah is distorted, it is an insult to victims and survivors, and makes it ever harder to combat rising antisemitism

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Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto heroes (Image: Getty)

Holocaust Memorial Day is marked annually on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp (Getty Images)

‘Never again’ is a more urgent message than ever

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Manfred Goldberg is featured in HET's Testimony360, a free digital education programme (Photo: HET)

Manfred’s story reminds us that even after the greatest evil, goodness can endure

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Armed Police officers stand by emergency vehicles outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025, following an attack at the synagogue. (Image: Getty)

Obsession with Israel has crossed a line – and built up to Thursday’s attack

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Even 80 years after liberation, Holocaust education continues to matter profoundly

Rememberence is not only about honouring the victims and survivors, but also about equipping the next generation to fight antisemitism, to defend truth, and to ensure that “never again” is not just a slogan, but a promise

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September 11, 2025 11:51

The train tracks to former Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration Camp with wooden plates with prays and wishes during the 35th March of the Living on April 18, 2023. (Image: Getty)

On the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation, I remember the ‘bride of Belsen’

Survivors of Bergen-Belsen describe the camp as the ‘worst place’ imaginable

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April 16, 2025 08:43

Holocaust Memorial Day shows how important our survivors’ stories are

Child refugee Harry Olmer is a prime example of the people who rebuilt their lives in Britain

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January 29, 2025 16:11

Harry Olmer survived the Buchenwald concentration camp and the infamous 'death marches' and is now a beloved member of his community in the UK (Image: Alamy)

Holocaust Memorial Day should only be about the Shoah

Karen Pollock CBE is chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust

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January 8, 2025 14:19

"Post October 7, it feels even more critical that the Jew hatred of the past is understood" says HET chief executive Karen Pollock (Photo: HMDT/Grainge Photography)

Lily refused to let a chance to tell the truth slip by

Her story of survival was Lily’s weapon against hatred

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October 19, 2024 23:02

Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert (L) stands with her her great-grandson Dov Forman as she poses with her medal after being appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) following an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, on January 31, 2023. (Photo: Getty Images)

Courage gives us a glimmer of hope in the darkness

Throughout history, courage has been one of our most powerful weapons

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September 19, 2024 10:04

Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg BEM chats to Sir Keir Starmer at the Holocaust Educational Trust's annual dinner (Photo: the Holocaust Educational Trust)

AI means voices of Holocaust survivors will live on

With survivors sadly becoming fewer and fewer, Holocaust educators are using the latest technology to share their stories

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June 20, 2024 12:13

Students at Sacred Heart Catholic School participating in a Testimony 360 lesson, a new interactive learning programme for delivering Holocaust education in UK schools created by the Holocaust Educational Trust (Photo: handout)

This Yom HaShoah calls for extra strength

We will stand together to demand the unconditional release of the hostages and pray for peace in the region. Our courage has sprouted again and it will not be silenced

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April 26, 2024 13:27

German pianist Igor Levit plays a yellow piano in Berlin in support of Israeli pianist Alon Ohel taken hostage by Hamas

The Prince of Wales has reminded us that the Jewish community is not alone

Remembering the Holocaust and taking a stand against antisemitism is intrinsic to who the Royal Family are

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March 5, 2024 15:06

The Prince of Wales during a visit to the Western Marble Arch Synagogue, where he joined a conversation with young Ambassadors of the Holocaust Educational Trust (Picture by Andrew Palace / Kensington Palace)

The Holocaust did not start with gas chambers

On this Holocaust Memorial Day more than ever we must remember how Jew-hate spreads

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January 25, 2024 14:15

Rishi Sunak speaks via a pre-recorded broadcast during a Holocaust Memorial day event at Guildhall on January 24, 2024 (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

During Kristallnacht, the Jews were defenceless. 85 years on, we can defend ourselves from hate

In 1945 it was thought the flame of antisemitism had burnt out but this is certainly not the case 85 years on

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November 9, 2023 16:07

2PH7YJ9 The Ruined Ohel Yaakov synagogue in Munich. Kristallnacht was a nationwide pogrom that was organised and carried out by the nazi Party on the 9th November 1938. Shops and synagogues were destroyed and people humiliated and beaten while the police looked on, or even helped. Though the amount of damage and the number of people attacked was quite small, the fact that it was completely unopposed showed the Nazis that they could really start in on the Jews and, as such, is one of the major milestones on the way to The Holocaust. https://commons.wiki

80 years on from the Holocaust, it is the young who are our hope

On Rosh Hashanah, I think of a 14-year-old boy who so determined to survive that he, along with 150 others, dug himself out of a labour camp

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September 14, 2023 14:11

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

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Karen Pollock

Latest from Karen Pollock

The dangerous erasure of Jews from the Holocaust

‘Never again’ is a more urgent message than ever

Manfred’s story reminds us that even after the greatest evil, goodness can endure

Obsession with Israel has crossed a line – and built up to Thursday’s attack

More from Karen Pollock

Even 80 years after liberation, Holocaust education continues to matter profoundly

On the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation, I remember the ‘bride of Belsen’

Holocaust Memorial Day shows how important our survivors’ stories are

Holocaust Memorial Day should only be about the Shoah

Lily refused to let a chance to tell the truth slip by

Courage gives us a glimmer of hope in the darkness

AI means voices of Holocaust survivors will live on

This Yom HaShoah calls for extra strength

The Prince of Wales has reminded us that the Jewish community is not alone

The Holocaust did not start with gas chambers

During Kristallnacht, the Jews were defenceless. 85 years on, we can defend ourselves from hate

80 years on from the Holocaust, it is the young who are our hope