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King to visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day

The Prime Minister has warned a similar atrocity could happen again unless society upholds its duty to ‘make never again finally mean what it says’.

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

PM says nation ‘needs to work together’ to tackle antisemitism – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 26, 2025

80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, amid rising antisemitism, the memory of the Holocaust remains contentious

On January 27 2025, political dignitaries and Holocaust survivors will gather in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland. They will attend the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps by the Red Army.

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2025

First and deputy First Ministers pause to remember Holocaust

Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly attended an event to remember millions of victims and survivors at Belfast City Hall.

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2025

Third of young adults in UK ‘unable to name Auschwitz or any Nazi death camps’

Lack of knowledge about Holocaust identified as well as level of denial and disinformation seen on social media

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025

Pope Francis warns of 'scourge of antisemitism' ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Pope Francis has warned of the “scourge of anti-semitism” in his prayer on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

How Jan. 27 came to be International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

When, in the late 1980s, I began my research on the architectural history of the Auschwitz death camp, Jan. 27 wasn’t marked on any official calendar as a special day of commemoration.

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2025

Anne pays tribute to man who fled Nazi regime and founded Scottish school

Kurt Hahn fled Germany in 1933 after he spoke out against the Nazis’ rise to power.

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2025

Holocaust survivor describes ‘sitting and waiting to die’ in Bergen-Belsen

Renee Salt, 95, found Bergen-Belsen ‘even worse’ than Auchwitz ‘because you were brought there just to sit and wait to die’.

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2025

The week in TV: President Trump’s Inauguration; Out There; What Happened at Auschwitz; Prime Target – review

Second time around was definitely not funny as the Trump show rolled back into DC. Plus, Martin Clunes in overalls in a dark Welsh drama; a maths thriller that doesn’t quite add up; and a Holocaust documentary with quiet power

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025