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Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is an annual, global day of observance held in remembrance of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust, alongside millions of others killed under Nazi persecution and during later genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.听

Inviting us to come together to remember and honour victims and survivors of genocide, HMD calls on people and governments around the world to reaffirm our commitment to preventing such atrocities from happening in the future.听

The theme for HMD 2024 is 鈥楩ragility of Freedom鈥� highlighting the ways in which those targeted for persecution will typically have their freedoms eroded and removed by perpetrator regimes. Freedom is fragile and vulnerable to abuse, and we cannot be complacent about it.听

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A range of activities are taking place at 果冻影院 to mark HMD 2024. On 27 January the Portico building will be lit in purple, and 果冻影院 will be taking part in the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust鈥檚 #LightTheDarkness campaign on social media 鈥� use the hashtags #HolocaustMemorialDay and #LightTheDarkness on X, Facebook and Instagram. If you鈥檇 like to participate in the campaign from home you can light a candle at 8pm on January 27, and safely place it in your window.听

Our current list of scheduled events is below, alongside key resources around Holocaust education.

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23 January, 6鈥�7pm: Fragility of Freedom 鈥� Holocaust Memorial Day Online Event 2024

Online/open to all.听

A special event for our teaching community to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2024. Professor Mary Fulbrook will draw听on her latest research and most recent book, Bystander Society, as she considers the most troubling of questions: How did ordinary people become complicit in the murder of their neighbours? .

24 January, 1pm鈥�2pm: Lunch Hour Lecture for Holocaust Memorial Day: Telling the Story听

Online/open to all.听

Perhaps the most powerful way to understand the Holocaust is through the direct testimony of those who were the targets of Nazi antisemitism. In this , Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich will talk to Dr Michael Spence about how she survived against the odds, her liberation by the British at Bergen-Belsen, and ongoing effects of this traumatic past.听

27 January, 7pm: A New History of the Terez铆n Ghetto 鈥� Anna H谩jkov谩 in conversation with Fran莽ois Guesnet (果冻影院 Hebrew & Jewish Studies)听

In person/open to all.听听

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, Velehrad, in cooperation with the Czech Embassy and the Institute for Polish鈥揓ewish Studies, will host paperback release of Anna H谩jkov谩鈥檚 The Last Ghetto. The event will take place at Velehrad (39 Lonsdale Road, Barnes SW13 9JP). To register please email marta.tomsky@velehrad.org.uk by 24 January.听

Podcasts, recordings and resources听

鈥淭he Fragility of Freedom鈥�: the Centre for Holocaust Education 鈥業n Conversation鈥� with Robert Rinder MBE听

Preparing to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, the Centre鈥檚 Dr Andy Pearce was joined in conversation by Robert Rinder MBE, to reflect upon 2024's theme.听.

Sir Ben Helfgott 鈥� a tribute to a great leader, athlete and peacemaker

In June 2023, this country lost one of its greatest humanitarians and achievers, Holocaust survivor and leader of the British Holocaust survivor community, Sir Ben Helfgott. 听by Ruth-Anne Lenga, Associate Professor, 果冻影院 Centre for Holocaust Education.

Holocaust Memorial Day blog: why historical knowledge and conceptual understanding are key to engaging with the fragility of freedom

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Supporting schools and teachers to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

by leading discussion of its theme 鈥楩ragility of Freedom鈥�.

Lunch Hour Lecture 鈥� Together & apart: Remembering Jewish Ukraine in the context of empire and war听听

, delivered by Uilleam Blacker, Associate Professor of Ukrainian and East European Studies at 果冻影院 SSEES.听听

Leon Greenman and the struggle for survival: Special Podcast

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Students鈥� Union 果冻影院: Holocaust Memorial Day resources听

including film, literature, museum exhibits and creative responses.听

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