Order your free copy of the HMD 2010 short film

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HMD2010 has been commemorated throughout the UK. More events than ever have taken place in schools, communities, places of worship and many other organisations. On or around the 27th January hundreds of thousands of people joined together to become part of The Legacy of Hope. Many attended events in their community, others read survivor stories watched the HMD 2010 short film and 40,066 people took the time to pause for a moment and light a virtual candle on the HMDT website.

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Teachers of Primary, Secondary and Post 16 Students should visit the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Education Website for free lesson plans, assemblies and case studies.

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It is now 50 Days until Holocaust Memorial Day 2010 – it’s not too late to organise your events.

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HMDT has released a short film for those wishing to commemorate HMD 2010 in communities and schools. The film focuses on survivors’ stories and their wish for a Legacy of Hope. The film is narrated by actor Daniel Radcliffe, a supporter of HMD.

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2010 is now 100 days away.

On or around 27th January 2010, thousands of people across the UK will be

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HMDT has produced an A4 word poster suitable for downloading and adding details of local events. Organisers can add details of community commemorations of HMD2010 and distribute this poster

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Address Unknown was originally published in 1938 in Story magazine, this fictional collection of letters between an American Jew and his German friend and business partner in the aftermath of

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HMDT will be running a series of free afternoon workshops for people organising HMD 2010 commemorative events in their local communities, schools and colleges.

These workshops will consist of an

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A Song For Cambodia is a picture book for older primary students. It tells the story of Arn and how he survived the killing fields. It deals with difficult issues

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HMDT prepares local activity guidelines that are designed to assist with the planning and organisation of community commemorations of HMD. This advice is general and recognises that every event must

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Welcome to our August 2009 newsletter. If you have any colleagues who may be interested in the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, please pass this newsletter on and

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Jean Louis Mazimpaka survived the Rwandan genocide and moved to the UK in 1999. He is the director of Hope Survivors Foundation, an organisation that campaigns against genocide and looks after the needs of Rwandan survivors in the UK.

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Lars Waldorf is a lecturer in Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London and an expert on the Rwandan genocide. He ran Human Rights Watch’s field office

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HMDT is pleased to announce the theme for HMD 2010. The Legacy of Hope offers an opportunity to listen to the voices of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, and to

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After the first day’s work, I am so tired and stiff that I can barely swallow my precious bowl of rice. It’s precious because it’s the last bowl of good

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Welcome to our May 2009 newsletter. If you have any colleagues who may be interested in the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust please pass this newsletter on and

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Welcome to our April 2009 newsletter. If you have any colleagues who may be interested in the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust please pass this newsletter on

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Welcome to our March 2009 Newsletter

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HMDT would like to thank the 31,339 individuals who took the time on Holocaust Memorial Day to light a virtual candle and pledged to ‘Stand up to Hatred’.

By pledging to

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Welcome to our January 2009 newsletter

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Welcome to our December 2008 newsletter. If you have any colleagues who may be interested in the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust please pass this newsletter on

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The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust has launched a viral film with six episodes recreating real-life incidents of hatred – including the Stephen Lawrence murder – as scenes from a simulated

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Welcome to our November 2008 newsletter If you have any colleagues who may be interested in the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust please pass this newsletter on

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On 9th November, 1938, the Nazis initiated pogroms against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories. Approximately 91 Jews were killed, 30,000 were arrested and 191 synagogues were destroyed.

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Eye-witness accounts taken immediately following the state-sanctioned campaign of hatred against Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe on the 9/10 November 1938 have been translated for the first time to mark the

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9th October 2008 marks National Poetry Day. Since 1994 National Poetry Day has engaged millions of people with poetry, through a range of live events and web-based activities for people

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Welcome to our October 2008 newsletter

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Read the current news from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.

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17th July 2008

Today marks the 14th anniversary of the end of the Rwandan genocide. In 100 days in 1994 between 800,000 and 1,071,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were

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The 16th – 22nd June celebrates the 10th National Refugee Week. The purpose of Refugee Week is to deliver positive educational messages that counter fear, ignorance and negative stereotypes

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June 2008 sees the first annual Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month taking place across the UK.

GRTHM offers us all the chance to raise awareness and explore the history,

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The HMDT Annual Conference will take place on Wednesday 25th June in the Ballroom of the Pavilion in Bournemouth.

This is HMDT’s third annual conference and will focus on our theme

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May 17th 2008 marks International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). It exists to focus on the lack of human rights for LGBT people around the world. On and around

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On 16th May 2008 we will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the end of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. We urge others to remember the lives of those who fought

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On April 17th 1975, Khmer Rouge forces entered Phnom Penh, Cambodia and defeated the ruling Lon Nol Army. The taking of Phnom Penh marked the beginning of the Cambodian

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On 15th April, 1945 British Troops drove into the Nazi Concentration Camp at Bergen-Belsen in North Germany. HMDT is asking everyone in the UK to take time to remember

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International Roma Day is a celebration of Roma history and traditions. The Day also draws attention to discrimination directed to Roma and Gypsy communities globally and to call for

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March 8th sees many individuals, groups and communities across the world celebrating International Women’s Day. Designated as an annual commemoration in 1975 by the United Nations, thousands of events

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2008 (HMD08) was marked across the UK by hundreds of events in Schools, Places of Worship, Youth Groups, Community Centres and many more. Celebrity supporters of Holocaust

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Over 25,000 people took the time over Holocaust Memorial Day 2008 to light a virtual candle on the HMDT website www.hmd.org.uk

Each flame lit during the three weeks that this ran

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More than half of British people (53 per cent) polled in a new survey know that genocide is taking place in Darfur according to figures released today. Despite the encouraging

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“Absence and Loss” – an exhibition by photographer Marion Davies is now available to borrow free of charge from HMDT. “Absence and Loss” examines architectural memorials to victims of

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Holocaust Memorial Day is an issue for everyone.

The hosts for HMD08, The City of Liverpool have produced information which is suitable for inclusion in Football Programmes for matches held on

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The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is running a short film competition for film-makers between the ages of 14 and 25.

Films should last between 45 and 90 seconds and be based

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Genocide Watch are asking individuals to make their voices heard to Pledge Against Genocide

Pledge Against Genocide

1. I pledge to do my part to end genocide: the intentional destruction,

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A commemorative book, listing the events that took place around the UK to commemorate HMD 2007 is now available to order free of charge.

To order a copy, please contact HMDT:

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The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust will be holding its second annual conference on Monday 30th April at the Town Hall in Leeds.

This conference will launch the theme for Holocaust Memorial

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Matt Lucas issued the following statement of support of Holocaust Memorial Day 2007.

“60 years ago, as an openly gay man, it may have been difficult for me to make a

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Tens of thousands of people from across the UK marked Holocaust Memorial Day this weekend, incorporating the theme “The Dignity of Difference”.

The national commemorative event was hosted by Newcastle, where

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41% of us believe a Holocaust could happen in Britain, yet 36% think most people would stand by and do nothing in the event of genocide in the UK, according

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97% percent of people are aware that Jewish people were victims of the Holocaust, yet around half the population are not aware that Roma and Sinti, and Gay and Lesbian

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In the run up to Holocaust Memorial Day 2007, the diaries of genocide survivor Zlata Filipovic are being published for one month only on MySpace.

Zlata was just eleven when she

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General Romeo Dallaire spoke to the audience at the national commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day in Cardiff on 26th January 2006.

He was introduced by Jamie Owen, and spoke to the

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