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Dov Forman

The genocide slur at my UCL graduation was bad enough – the applause was outright chilling

The two things I couldn’t stop thinking about were not the protesting student, they were the vice-provost, who stood on the stage clapping, and the ordinary people in the room rising to cheer that twisted accusation

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The vice-provost applauds as a student walks across the stage holding a banner that read 'UCL funds genocide' (Image: UCL)

When Holocaust classes inspire antisemitism

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

When Holocaust classes inspire antisemitism

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Protestors outside a Holocaust commemoration in Sheffield. (Image: X)

Russell Langer

By Russell Langer

When Holocaust Memorial Day fails the Jews

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A warm exchange between Holocaust survivor Annick Lever BEM and Lady Victoria Starmer, during a tea reception organised by the prime minister's wife (Photo: Number 10)

Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

Lady Starmer visibly moved at No10 tea for Shoah survivor and Holocaust Education Trust ambassadors

By Jane Prinsley

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The Merneptah stele which claimed that “Israel is laid waste” more than 3,000 years ago (Image: Wikimedia)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

In dark times, the new year calls us to unity, faith and hope

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MSPs Humza Yousaf and John Swinney (Image: Getty)

Holocaust Education Trust

Humza Yousaf ‘weaponising the language of the Holocaust’, claims leading Holocaust charity

By Jane Prinsley

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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)

Karen Pollock

By Karen Pollock

Holocaust Memorial Day shows how important our survivors’ stories are

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Lammy calls Yad Vashem visit ‘a great honour’ at HMD event

The Foreign Office and Israeli Embassy jointly hosted the ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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January 28, 2025 11:09

Foreign Secretary David Lammy attends Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at the FCDO (Image: FCDO).

Ministers hear survivor’s testimony in packed Holocaust Memorial event in Parliament

Parliament’s Speaker toured a cutting edge Holocaust exhibition in the heart of the parliamentary estate

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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January 15, 2025 16:57

Karen Pollock CBE speaking at a packed Holocaust Educational Trust event in Parliament. Credit: HET

King Charles says he ‘can’t bear’ to see dwindling numbers of Holocaust survivors

The King marked Holocaust memorial day at a Buckingham Palace event on Monday

By Daniel Ben-David

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January 14, 2025 09:26

King Charles says he ‘can’t bear’ to see dwindling numbers of Holocaust survivors

Kindertransport refugee and Shoah educator Bob Kirk BEM dies aged 99

The Holocaust Education Trust said Kirk leaves behind a ‘powerful’ legacy

By Daniel Ben-David

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December 5, 2024 16:53

Ann and Bob Kirk JVN Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award winners

Rachel Reeves pledges £2m boost to Holocaust education

The Holocaust Educational Trust welcomed the budget announcement

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 30, 2024 15:29

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announcing the budget in the House of Commons. Credit: Parliament TV

Prime Minister pledges to keep Holocaust education on the national curriculum

Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to the work of the Holocaust Educational Trust at its annual dinner

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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September 17, 2024 12:57

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking at the Holocaust Educational Trust's annual dinner. Credit: Number 10/Flickr

Son of Austrian refugee returns to the school which expelled his father

Michael Bibring continues to tell his father’s story to young people

By Daniel Ben-David

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May 29, 2024 10:26

Harry Bibring (left) and his son Michael, who continues to share his father's story (Photo: Michael Bibring)

David Cameron pledges to build ‘vital’ Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre alongside Parliament

The memorial was first proposed in 2015

By Daniel Ben-David

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May 8, 2024 17:01

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron speaks during a parliamentary meeting to mark Yom HaShoah (Credit: Holocaust Education Trust)

‘Antisemitism has no place in society’ says Prince William

Future King and Queen ‘extremely concerned’ about antisemitism on UK campuses

By Jane Prinsley

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February 29, 2024 16:21

29/02/2024. London, UK. Prince William speaks with Renee Salt, 94, a Holocaust survivor at the Western Marble Arch Synagogue and then joined a conversation with young Ambassadors of the Holocaust Educational Trust who are advocates against hatred and antisemitism. In the context of considerable increase in antisemitism in the UK and worldwide, His Royal Highness heard how organisations like the Holocaust Educational Trust are delivering programmes to tackle hatred and encourage cross community cohesion. Picture by Andrew Palace / Kensington Palace

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