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Freddy was 18 when the Genocide in Rwanda began. Only he and his sister survived from his family. In this testimony Freddy describes how his family were killed, and how he survived.

Survivor of the Genocide in Cambodia, Denise Affonço, and her family were forced from the capital Phnom Penh to toil as slave farmers for four years. Her husband was taken away by the Khmer Rouge, never to be seen again, and her daughter died of starvation. This testimony is an extract from her book, 'To the End of Hell'.

On 17 December 1942, the first public announcement of the Nazis’ attempt to murder Europe’s Jewish population was made by British government. The then Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, read a declaration on the persecution of the Jews in the House of Commons. MPs responded with a spontaneous moment of silence.

10 December is International Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.

9 December is Genocide Prevention Day, marking the anniversary of the UN Genocide Convention.

On 8 December 1941 the first murders were carried out at Chełmno. The Chełmno ‘killing centre’ was the first Nazi camp to be used specifically for the purpose of systematically murdering inmates, the majority of whom were Jewish.

The International Day of Disabled Persons, established by the United Nations, aims to promote the rights and wellbeing of persons with disabilities.

Following Kristallnacht and the House of Commons debate on the growing refugee crisis in Europe, the first Kindertransport left Berlin on 1 December 1938.

On 23 November 1939 Hans Frank, the Nazi Governor-General of occupied Poland, decreed that all Jews in Poland over the age of 10 were to wear a white badge with a blue Star of David on their right arm.

On the evening of 21 November 1938, shortly after and prompted by the November Pogrom (Kristallnacht), Philip Noel-Baker, MP for Derby South, introduced a motion in the House of Commons.