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The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024 is Fragility of Freedom, here are some ideas of how you could use this theme in your HMD activity.

Below are statements from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust on the current situation in Israel.

We were joined by over 400 people as we launched brand new resources to support people across the UK to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024.

Violence and persecution have escalated dramatically in Sudan in recent months, with reports of the rape, murder and torture of citizens in the West Darfur region. Here we outline simple actions you can take to support those affected.

Our Chair, Laura Marks, has been awarded a CBE for social campaigner and broadcaster, interfaith relations and Holocaust and genocide education and commemoration and empowerment of women in the King’s first Birthday Honours List since his Coronation.

In early May, our staff and trustees visited Auschwitz and other sites significant to the Holocaust in Poland. Visiting these physical spaces where the events of the Holocaust took place reinforces the enormity of what happened and the need to understand it in order to prevent such atrocities happening again. Here we have used photographs and insights from our trip to convey some of what we felt and learned from the experience.

We were honoured to host HRH The Duke of Gloucester at a special tea party for survivors of the Holocaust and genocide. Together we celebrated the Coronation of His Majesty The King and the lives that survivors have rebuilt in the UK.

People from across the UK joined us online yesterday for the launch of the new theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024.

Our statement in response to Diane Abbott MP's letter in the Observer about racism.

Today we published ‘HMD 2023 In Review’, which highlights just some of the array of activities that brought people together for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2023 and the impact that HMD had on those who marked it.