Today is #InternationalYouthDay so we are thanking all our Youth Programme participants and Youth Board members for their amazing work. On our Youth Programme young people follow a programme of learning about the genocides we mark and are supported to mark #HolocaustMemorialDay.

We are #recruiting for an exciting new role, overseeing our community arts project for #HolocaustMemorialDay 2025: 80 Candles for 80 Years. The successful candidate will ensure our significant anniversary project has widespread and meaningful impact.

The theme for #HolocaustMemorialDay 2025 is For a Better Future. We can all take action #ForABetterFuture where people are not suffering prejudice or persecution because of who they are. Our Take Action resource gives tips on what you can do to help create a better future.

Listen to our award winning podcast “Untold Killing”, in partnership with Message Heard. Listening to stories in survivors’ own words is always a powerful experience. Learn how the Bosnian Genocide happened from its beginnings to its end. buff.ly/3GK3EI6

Set up a regular donation to become a friend of HMDT. You will receive an HMDT pin badge and be the first to receive our updates and invitations to special events. #Donate #HolocaustMemorialDay

A hugely powerful video of our FedMyVoice visit with 96 year old Holocaust Survivor Ike Alterman BEM to Everton Academy alongside Andy Burnham & Steve Rotheram Thank you Everton for allowing us to share Ike's story of Holocaust Survival.

You might wonder how the Nazi Party, with such an extreme, racist ideology, could ever gain power. The party established itself gradually in a Germany devastated by defeat in World War One and suffering an economic crisis. Learn more on the link below.

Do you have experience of planning and delivering projects and events? We are currently #recruiting for an exciting new role overseeing our community arts project for #HolocaustMemorialDay 2025. Follow the link below to find out more and apply. #CharityJob #Jobs

We're excited to participating in this year's #OpenHouseFestival! Click below for the full programme, and to sign up for guided tours of our archive Londonist ⬇⬇

#HolocaustMemorialDay 2025 will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia. The theme for #HMD2025 is #ForABetterFuture. Learn more about the theme for this significant anniversary year below.

Henry Wuga MBE came to Glasgow on the Kindertransport. At age 16 he was declared a ‘Category A Dangerous Enemy Alien’ and interned. He was later reclassified and released. He settled and married a fellow Kindertransportee and they both gave regular talks about their experiences.

American rapper calls on UAE to stop fuelling war in Sudan. Read Lindsey Hilsum's blog here on how Macklemore is bringing attention to the war in Sudan and the role of regional players. channel4.com/news/american-…

Holocaust and genocide distortion and denial are a continuing challenge, so knowing the facts about the Holocaust and genocide is vital. Our ‘short answers to big questions’ video provides key information for everyone to learn and share.

60 years after liberation, Holocaust survivor Zahava Kohn found a suitcase at the back of a cupboard. Inside was a wealth of artefacts from wartime years. View our digital exhibition of the artefacts to see how Zahava’s family weathered the storm of Nazi persecution.

Genocide never just happens. There is always a set of circumstances which occur or which are created to build the climate in which genocide can take place. Visit our website to learn about the 10 stages of genocide, developed by Gregory H Stanton, President of Genocide Watch.

ICYMI: a podcast 'Conspiracy theories & the Holocaust' sees @UCL's Jeremy Hayward discuss the importance of teaching about what #conspiracytheories are, how they work & how to counter them in the classroom, esp. in relation to Holocaust T&L. Listen: holocausteducation.org.uk/podcast-3-jh/ RT

'I hope there will truly be peace and people stop killing each other – we have to solve the problems and build a country which treats people equally.' Debay survived the genocide in Darfur, #Sudan. In 2015 he fled to the UK after being condemned to death.

Great to be at the preview of Beyond Srebrenica's play #Inseparable last night. We looking forward to working together in Scotland ahead of the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.