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Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

Wigmore Hall concert brings together Jewish and German students

Pupils from JCoSS and The German School London sang at an event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

3 min read

The Voices of Justice of Learning from the Righteous in London Wigmore Hall on 29 1 2026. Photos taken by Adam Soller Photography©

BBC headquarters in central London (Getty Images)

BBC Arabic fails to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day for first time in five years

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Harlow's HMD was disrupted when a drama group scheduled to perform at the event referred to the war in Gaza

Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

Performer crows about his Gaza outburst at Holocaust event as ‘serious Palestine Action’

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Health Secretary Wes Streeting on a hospital visit with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty Images)

Wes Streeting vows to combat ‘grotesque’ antisemitism in the NHS

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

The exhibition on display at Chelsea Football Club

New anti-racism in sport exhibition launches at Chelsea

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy (right) during a visit to Majdanek concentration camp (Image: Ministry of Justice)

Exclusive: David Lammy tells JC of harrowing visit to site of Nazi death camp

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

The civic square in Bolton to the Victorian Town Hall in the centre of the Lancashire town (Getty)

Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

Outrage after ‘Gaza genocide’ invoked at several Holocaust Memorial Day events in the north of England

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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‘Shameful’ BBC accused of ‘Holocaust erasure’ after omitting word ‘Jew’ from HMD coverage

Corporation forced to apologise for ‘incorrect wording’

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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January 28, 2026 10:58

Repeated BBC broadcasts on Tuesday about Holocaust Memorial Day were accused of 'Holocaust distortion' after failing to use the word Jew (Photo: BBC Breakfast)

Rabbi tells miraculous story of 51 boys who escaped the gas chambers of Auschwitz

Six of the survivors’ testimonies have now been turned into a documentary and a book

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January 27, 2026 23:43

Rabbi Naftali Schiff (left) with Hershel Herskovic, at the wedding of one of Hershel's great-grandchildren

A royal reception at the palace for survivors on Holocaust Memorial Day

The King and Queen lit candles in remembrance of the millions who were killed

By Daniel Ben-David

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January 27, 2026 17:52

King Charles III speaks with Holocaust survivor Renee Salt during a reception to mark Holocaust Memorial Day at Buckingham Palace, January 27, 2026 (Credit: Aaron Chown - Pool/Getty Images)

Shoah survivor implores Starmer to ‘do what needs to be done’ to tackle hate in historic cabinet address

The talk by Mala Tribich MBE was the first time a survivor has addressed the government’s top table

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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January 27, 2026 12:16

Keir Starmer and David Lammy with survivor Mala Tribich during the weekly government cabinet meeting (Photo by Alastair Grant - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

German and Jewish teenagers unite for poignant Holocaust Memorial Day concert

Music will be played alongside survivor testimony from the Nuremberg and Eichmann trials

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January 27, 2026 10:59

Students from JCoSS and students from The German School (Photo: Benji Rosenberg)

Key aide to Starmer appointed UK special envoy for post-Holocaust issues

Former LFI chair Jon Pearce will replace Lord Pickles, who stood down from the role in April last year

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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January 26, 2026 17:19

The prime minister's parliamentary private secretary Jon Pearce has been appointed as UK special envoy for post-Holocaust issues (Image: Jon Pearce/X).

Number of Shoah survivors drops below 200,000

Nearly 2,000 are aged 100 or over, according to new estimates from the Claims Conference

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January 25, 2026 10:44

Survivor Dr Lydia Tischler, who received an MBE earlier this month, here sitting for her bust by the sculptor Frances Segelman

Film of Holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller’s incredible wartime story at cinemas nationwide on Tuesday

Odeon chain marks Holocaust Memorial Day with showings of Desperate Journey

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January 23, 2026 17:25

Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (left) as Freddie Knoller in Desperate Journey

Kemi Badenoch

By Kemi Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch: ‘Never again’ is a promise we must truly keep

The Leader of the Opposition writes for the JC ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

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January 23, 2026 11:38

A white candle with a Star of David stands next to scattered black stars on a gray surface, representing Holocaust memorial (Getty Images)

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