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Ali Sheqer Pashkaj

Ali Sheqer Pashkaj

During the Holocaust many Albanian Muslims chose to rescue and protect Jewish people. One of those was shop owner Ali Sheqer Pashkaj.

Janusz Korczak

Janusz Korczak

Janusz Korczak was an inspirational teacher and writer who cared passionately about the rights and welfare of children. He founded an orphanage in Warsaw and stayed with the children through the Ghetto and transport to the Treblinka death camp.

Jean Louis Mazimpaka

Jean Louis Mazimpaka

Jean Louis Mazimpaka survived the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in moved to the UK in 1999. This is his story.

David Berger

David Berger

David Berger was born in Przemysl, south-east Poland. He left his hometown when the Germans invaded in 1939 and was shot dead in Vilnius, Lithuania two years later in 1941.

The Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Centre and Cemetery to the Victims of the 1995 Genocide

The Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Centre and Cemetery to the Victims of the 1995 Genocide

The Srebrenica memorial centre was created in October 2000, barely five years after the genocide that took place there. The cemetery, which now holds over 5,000 of the 8,000 victims, has since been joined by a memorial room and exhibition. In spite of local controversy, it has encouraged many survivors to return to the town, and draws in visitors and dignitaries from across the world to hear its message.

Ivor Perl BEM

Ivor Perl BEM

Ivor was just 12 years old when he was taken to Auschwitz. He survived with the help of his older brother, but the rest of his family were murdered in the Holocaust.

Abdulsalam Abdullah

Abdulsalam Abdullah

Abdulsalam sought asylum in the UK after experiencing violence at the hands of the Sudanese Government in their attacks against the black population in the Darfur region of Sudan. Abdulsalam shares his testimony in the hope that the raising awareness will provoke the world into responding to the genocide that continues to unfold there today.

Janine Webber

Janine Webber

Janine Webber met filmmaker Debs Paterson at her home for our HMD 2015 Memory Makers project. Debs and Janine explored the effect these experiences have had on her life and her outreach work – as well as the importance of educating young people about the past.

Louisa Gould

Louisa Gould

Louisa Gould hid a Russian prisoner of war in her home on the island of Jersey. She was arrested and sent to a concentration camp where she ultimately paid with her life.

Survivor speakers

Survivor speakers

Listening to a survivor of the Holocaust, Nazi persecution or subsequent genocide share their testimony is a hugely powerful experience, and participants at HMD events are likely to have a profound reaction to hearing it.