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Holocaust Memorial Day

Karen Pollock

The Holocaust did not start with gas chambers

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

By Karen Pollock

3 min read

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)

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Photo: Getty)

UN head won’t speak at NYC shul Holocaust memorial event for first time in years

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Sir Lindsay Hoyle (centre) with Peter Lantos far right ©UK Parliament/Maria Unger

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The British found the body of my father at Bergen-Belsen, survivor tells Parliament

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Mayor Sadiq Khan held a Holocaust Memorial Day service at City Hall (Photo: Greater London Authority)

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Sadiq Khan: Holocaust Memorial Day ‘more important than ever’

2 min read

Elon Musk is presented with a statue that was created out of a rocket that fell on a kindergarten in Be'eri, with former Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, January 22, 2024 (Credit: Bartek Dziedzic)

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I was naïve about Jew-hate, Musk tells Auschwitz

By Daniel Ben-David

6 min read

Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro visit Auschwitz Birkenau with Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev and EJA Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin (January 22 2024, Yoav Dudkevitch)

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Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro tour Auschwitz

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

The gates of Auschwitz

Schools postpone Holocaust education programmes due to ‘community tensions’ since October 7

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

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Michael Morpurgo uses Holocaust address to call for hope and peace

Recalling own connections with the Holocaust, Morpurgo was moved to tears at the Anne Frank Trust annual lunch

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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January 22, 2024 11:51

Michael Morpurgo (Antonio Salgado)

How the UK is marking Holocaust Memorial Day

The JC looks at some of the different events taking place on and around 27 January

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January 18, 2024 14:38

Never again: Marking Holocaust Memorial Day (Photo: Holocaust Centre North)

Tower Hamlets Library Holocaust display says ‘stop genocide’ in Gaza

Library display makes comparison between war against Hamas in Gaza and the Shoah

By Jane Prinsley

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January 17, 2024 14:01

Jacob Steinberg tweeted "Astonished to see this in my local library this morning. It has since been taken down after I complained to a helpful member of staff, so thanks for that, but someone thinking it was appropriate in the first place beggars belief. Although maybe not given the vibe in Tower Hamlets"

Sharon Hodgson MP

By Sharon Hodgson MP

Antisemitic anti-Zionism is nothing less than the latest iteration of the oldest hatred

As we approach Holocaust memorial Day, we should mark the horrors of 80 years ago with a renewed recognition of the fragility of freedom

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January 16, 2024 11:59

(C) Blake Ezra Photography Ltd. 2021

Jewish Care cancels Ruth Deech meeting over her Shoah memorial campaigning

The charity was concerned the baroness could use a planned meeting with Holocaust survivors to lobby against the Westminster memorial

By Hannah Gillott

2 min read

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July 21, 2023 09:59

Jewish Care cancels Ruth Deech meeting over her Shoah memorial campaigning

Paris Holocaust memorial vandalised as city rocked by riots

Jewish organisations said the vandalism was 'horrifying' and 'shameful'

By Richard Percival

1 min read

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June 30, 2023 15:50

Paris Holocaust memorial vandalised as city rocked by riots

Daniel Finkelstein

By Daniel Finkelstein

We were lucky to know Sir Ben Helfgott

Now he has gone, we must make sure his story is never forgotten

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June 16, 2023 16:55

Holocaust survivors Ben Helfgott and Sabina Miller stand with a memorial candle on the Millennium Bridge in central London on January 27, 2013 to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Sir Ben taught us the importance of teaching the next generation about the Shoah

The Holocaust survivor was tireless, charismatic and made an impact on so many people

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

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June 16, 2023 13:40

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 24: British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg greet representatives from the Holocaust Educational Trust including Holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott (c) before signing a Book of Commitment pledging their support and commitment to remembering the Holocaust, at 10 Downing Street on January 24, 2012 in London, England. Mr Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg both met with representatives from the Holocaust Educational Trust ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on January 28. (Photo by Dan Kitwood - WPA Pool /Getty Images)

Karen Pollock

By Karen Pollock

Ben Helfgott was a tireless campaigner for Holocaust education and my hero

Holocaust Educational Trust CEO Karen Pollock shares her memories of Ben Helfgott

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June 16, 2023 11:40

Holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott holds a memorial candle as he stands on the Millennium Bridge in central London on January 27, 2013 during an event marking Holocaust Memorial Day. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

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