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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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 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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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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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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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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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

If you have any colleagues who may be interested in the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust please pass this newsletter on and encourage

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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

If you have any colleagues who may be interested in the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust please pass this newsletter on and encourage

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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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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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Tuesday, 22nd July 2008

Arrest of Radovan Karadzic

Reacting to the arrest of Radovan Karadzic yesterday, Christine Shaw, CEO of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, said:

“The arrest of Radovan Karadzic should be

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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 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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Coventry is planning to create an inspiring and thought provoking focus after being chosen today as the host city for the 2009 Holocaust Memorial Day national commemorative event.

Coventry successfully bid

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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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The Minister for International Development, Shahid Malik MP, and the Councillor for East Peckham Council Ward, Andrew Pakes, have joined the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s Board of Trustees.

Holocaust Memorial Day

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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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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 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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The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) is inviting tenders for the production of a short film. It will be used by community groups and schools as part of their commemoration

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Ben Helfgott MBE, Treasurer of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and Chairman of the 45 Aid Society will feature on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs on Sunday 1st April 2007

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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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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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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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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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Answers to frequently asked questions for journalists. These include :

What are the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s objectives?

Why is it Holocaust Memorial Day and not Genocide Day?

What is the theme for

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Thu 10 – Sat 26 Nov – Main House

Press Night: Friday 11 November, 8pm

Salisbury Playhouse is delighted to be presenting the professional UK premiŽof Arthur Miller’s Playing for Time. Adapted

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30 June 2006

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust today announced that Liverpool has been chosen as UK host city for Holocaust Memorial Day 2008. Several strong bids to host the 2008

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Tuesday, 4th April 2006

Survivors from the genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda and the Holocaust shared their experiences of how genocide starts with name-calling and the dehumanisation of certain groups of people,

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20 February 2006

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust visited Newcastle today to announce that the city has been chosen to host the United Kingdom’s 2007 Holocaust Memorial Day national event and

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London, 18th January 2006

First Minister Rhodri Morgan and Cardiff Council Leader Rodney Berman signed a Book of Commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day, at a special ceremony in Cardiff on Wednesday

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London, 2 November 2005

Chair of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Urges UN to Apply Lessons of the Holocaust in Practice

In response to the UN’s General Assembly passing a resolution designating 27th

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26 January 2005

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are to be the guests of honour today [27th
January] at a special event to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation

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London will host the fifth National Holocaust Memorial Day on Thursday 27th January 2005, Home Secretary David Blunkett announced today.

The day will mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of

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18 November 2004

The Home Secretary, David Blunkett today named the Chair and Trustees of the soon-to-be established Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.

Dr. Stephen Smith, Director of the Aegis Trust, Director (and

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14th October 2004

The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will host a reception for survivors of the Holocaust on Thursday 27 January 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of

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