"These young people and others will be able to carry the stories forward for generations to come and keep the memories of the 6 million alive" A fantastic piece following this year's educational Holocaust Memorial Day event at @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social @het.org.uk

Our comment on the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator Marion Wiesel.

'I don’t know how much longer I will be coming back, and it is painful but if you don’t do anything my family members who died here are just forgotten. I want them to be part of my life still.' Mala Tribich MBE speaks to The Mirror on #HolocaustMemorialDay www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

Watch the international commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and #HolocaustMemorialDay, where our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE will be joining as a commentator. You can watch it live now on the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

'Today, I am back at Auschwitz marking the 80th anniversary, standing alongside Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich, who survived ghettos, Ravensbruck concentration camp, and Bergen-Belsen.' Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in today's @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinon-80-ye...

'As survivors become older, fewer, frailer, and less able to tell their stories, they are relying on all of us to take on the mantle of remembrance.' Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE writes in LBC on the importance of #HolocaustMemorialDay www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

Read Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack OBE's powerful interview in The Daily Express today on #HolocaustMemorialDay: www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.

Holocaust survivors Eva Clarke BEM, Hannah Lewis MBE and Steven Frank BEM speak to The Times about their experiences during the Holocaust ahead of #HolocaustMemorialDay tomorrow: www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...

Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment

Now in the House of Commons - a backbench business debate on Holocaust Memorial Day. Tune in on BBC Parliament. Our thanks to David Pinto-Duschinsky MP, Bob Blackman MP and Christine Jardine MP for sponsoring. You can also watch it live here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment

Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night in Parliament for our special event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 and 80 years since the end of the Holocaust.

Thank you for signing our Book of Commitment

Today is Holocaust survivor John Dobai's 91st birthday! Please #sendhimsomelove!

In two weeks time students in Year 6/ P7 will join our Multi-School Outreach event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. We will be joined by Hedi Argent MBE, who will deliver her powerful testimony and will conduct a Q&A with the students. Sign your class up today: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Teachers and trainees! Join our Spring term 'Introduction to the Holocaust Educational Trust' online training sessions on either 14 January, 4 February or 11 March. Sessions are free and participants can register for any upcoming #TeacherCPD event. Find out more here: www.het.org.uk/education/te...

Registration is open for our #LessonsfromAuschwitz CPD for teachers, taking place in March 2025. This course is for Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 teachers and includes a one-day visit to the former concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Apply now here: tinyurl.com/yutdjzp4

Last week we concluded our six week ‘Understanding Antisemitism in the UK’ Course! Ambassadors from across the UK learned from experts about how to recognise, report and respond to antisemitism, reaffirming their commitment to standing up to hate whenever they see it.

‘This weekend, thousands of people, many of them Jewish, are taking to the streets to say that we will not be silenced or questioned any longer’. Our Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE in The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...

Today is the 92nd birthday of Lord Alf Dubs. Lord Dubs was one of the hundreds of children who came to Britain on the Kindertransport to escape Nazi persecution, and served 8 years as a Member of Parliament. Have a wonderful day Alf!

Our comment on the passing of our dear friend, Holocaust survivor Bob Kirk BEM.

Teachers! Apply now for the Rolf Schild and Holocaust Educational Trust Professional Recognition Award. This award provides a funded 3-stage programme of professional development, encompassing residential study in the UK and abroad. Check the link here to find out more: het.org.uk/rolf-schild-award

On Sunday, we concluded our Teacher Training Programme to Lublin, with a seminar on objects found at Sobibór and the art of liberation at Majdanek. Participants said the course 'deeply enriched their understanding of both Jewish life and the Holocaust in the Lublin region'.

Today is Holocaust survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon OBE’s 98th birthday! Please send this remarkable woman some love and wish her a happy birthday!

If you're ready to take the next step on your Ambassador journey, applications for our Regional Ambassador Programme are now open! If you’re interested in being part of a community of young people who are passionate about remembering the Holocaust then click here to apply: forms.gle/NuQ4DEEqM4Vg...

Gillian Field (Next Generation speaker and daughter of Holocaust survivors Henry Wuga MBE and Ingrid Wolff BEM) spoke to students at Dunfermline High School about her parents' experiences.

We're proud to launch the Rolf Schild and Holocaust Educational Trust Professional Recognition Award. This award will provide teachers with a funded 3-stage programme of professional development, encompassing residential study both in the UK and abroad. Apply now here: www.het.org.uk/rolf-schild-...

Apply now for our #LessonsfromAuschwitz Spring Projects. Visit Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum and hear directly from a Holocaust survivor. Join this transformative program, honour the memory of the past and help shape a brighter future: www.het.org.uk/lessons-from...

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