Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27th January each year to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust in World War II, as well as the millions of other people killed by the Nazis and in other genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Organised by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMD), it is a time to reflect, empathise and learn from the past to ensure that we have a future without genocide. This year's theme is 'Ordinary People'. EPHS will be remembering Holocaust Memorial Day through a series of assemblies for all years, organised by the History Department.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, you are invited to 'light a candle in the darkness' and put it in your window at 4pm today to remember those who died and stand against hatred and prejudice today.
To find out more, check out the fantastic selection of books (fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels) that we hold in the Library, which deal with the subject of the Holocaust. They include Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, Maus by Art Spiegleman and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Michael Rosen's The Missing are particularly poignant as they are written from a very personal perspective.
A list of book recommendations from the HMD Trust, some of which we hold in our collection, is available to view here.
You can also read an account of one of the last Holocaust survivors living in the UK in this First News article featured in their latest issue:
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