Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (hmd.org.uk)

Many schools and communities took part in the Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27th January 2022. 

National Holocaust Day, or Holocaust Memorial Day, remembers the victims of the Holocaust during the Second World War.

6 million Jewish people were killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust during the Second World War.

Holocaust Memorial Day remembers everyone who lost their lives under the Nazi rule , including millions of people killed in genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

The theme of this year's Holocaust Memorial Day is "One Day," which encourages people to pick one day in history on which an act of genocide was committed and learn about that day.

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust explained that they mark the day with hope for a future with no genocide. The trust said: "We learn more about the past, we empathise with others today, and we take action for a better future."

Our older children will be finding out more about this memorial day through some class work and in an assembly.