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Survivor Stories: Denise Affonco
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 white rice we’ll be allowed. From tomorrow it’ll be consistently mixed with corn. Angkar has supply problems, so we must tighten our belts and feed the children first. Within a few weeks both the young and old lose several kilos. The children no longer have any vitality, no inclination to play (continues...)
May 2009 - Newsletter
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 encourage them to join our mailing list. You can call any member of our team on 0845 838 1883 or email enquiries@hmd.org.uk HMD 2010 Theme: The Legacy of Hope HMDT is pleased to announce the theme for HolocaustMemorial Day 2010 27th January 2010 – Holocaust Memorial Day – marks the 65th anniversary of the (continues...)
April 2009 - Newsletter
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 and encourage them to join our mailing list. We are also happy to discuss how you can how you can commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in your community. You can call any member of our team on 0845 838 1883 or email enquiries@hmd.org.uk HMD Commemorative Book Across the United Kingdom hundreds (continues...)
March 2009 Newsletter
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 them to join our mailing list. Commemorative Book Thank you to all the individuals and organisations that made this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day happen. So far HMDT know of over 500 events that took place across the UK providing an opportunity for thousands of people to Stand up to Hatred It (continues...)
HMD09 Virtual Candle
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 Stand up to Hatred, we have all made a choice. We did not choose to attack, to abuse, to exclude, to stand back and do nothing – we chose to resist, to respect, to protect. Hatred is a corrosive force, able to ruin lives, wreck co-operation, destroy communities, or (continues...)
January 2009 Newsletter
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 them to join our mailing list. Two Weeks to HMD09 It is now two weeks to HMD09. If you have not yet ordered your free resources there is still time – you can also download all HMD resources from our website. HMDT has produced a number of (continues...)
December 2008 Newsletter
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 and encourage them to join our mailing list. New HMD Website HMDT has recently relaunched our website www.hmd.org.uk. The new website has more resources and contains more information about the Holocaust and genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. It also now provides podcasts which we (continues...)
November 2008 Newsletter
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 and encourage them to join our mailing list. Free Resources from HMDT In addition to the main community and education materials which are available, HMDT also have a range of materials suitable for display and distribution. These resources include: A set of 4 A3 posters examining the (continues...)
Kristallnacht Eye-Witness Accounts
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 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) and the launch of the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2009: Stand up to Hatred In a joint project between the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) and The Wiener Library, diary extracts, eye-witness accounts and letters have been converted into English for (continues...)
National Poetry Day - 9th October 2008
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 young and old throughout the country. On National Poetry Day, HMDT urges the UK to take the opportunity to use our free resources to find out more about the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. HMD09 challenges us all to Stand up to Hatred. Others have used the arts, such (continues...)
