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Week of Jan 27th

  • Holocaust Memorial Day

    Holocaust Memorial Day


    27/01/2020

    27th January 1945 was the day Allied Forces liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp.   Each year we mark this date in memory of those who died in The Holocaust and in the genocides which have happened since.

    Below are a set of resources which support this:

    Irena Sendler - a remarkable story (3:30) - including a prayer

    What is Holocaust Memorial Day (1:27) - a video charting HMD and genocides since The Holocaust.

    An animated video of Anne Frank (3:03) - the author of a famous diary.

    A multi-faith prayer (1:30) - written collaboratively by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chief Rabbi and the Chief Iman,

    Jacob's story (2:43) - a survivor's recollections

    Nazi Boots (5:41) - a survivor's story

    A one-minute prayer for HMD (1:00)