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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking over 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.

On this day in 1937, the Nazi antisemitic exhibition “The Eternal Jew” opened in Munich, using a museum setting to present lies as facts and legitimise the exclusion and persecution of Jews.

Today on #RemembranceSunday , we honour the memory of those who fought and died for our freedom. #LestWeForget

We are hosting a special Multi-School session marking Holocaust survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon OBE’s 100th birthday with Peter and Moira Hart. Kitty, who was sent to Auschwitz in April 1943 at just 16 years old, turns 100 on 1 December, and in this session her son Peter and his wife Moira will reflect on her experiences. Students are also invited to take part in a special commemorative activity to mark her milestone birthday. This session is suitable for students in Year 9 and above. Apply here: ow.ly/7W1J50ZXYpQ

We’re opening this academic year’s Multi-School Outreach series with Remembering Kristallnacht with Peter Summerfield BEM. Through survivor testimony, students will learn about the events of Kristallnacht, 9–10 November 1938, through lived experience and consider its impact on the Holocaust. This session is suitable for students in Year 6 and above and is one of our most popular sessions for primary schools. 📅 Next week, Tuesday 10 November 2026 🕙 10:00–11:30, via Zoom Register your school here: ow.ly/NwXK50ZWUNW

On this day in 1943, German SS and police units began Operation “Harvest Festival”, murdering approximately 42,000 Jews over two days in Majdanek and forced labour camps in the Lublin region of German-occupied Poland.

In November 1945, antisemitic mobs murdered more than 100 Jewish people in Tripolitania, Libya, destroying homes, businesses and synagogues. The pogrom showed that the end of the Second World War had not brought safety for Jewish communities.

We are hosting a special Multi-School session marking Holocaust survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon OBE’s 100th birthday with Peter and Moira Hart. Kitty, who was sent to Auschwitz in April 1943 at just 16 years old, turns 100 on 1 December, and in this session her son Peter and his wife Moira will reflect on her experiences. Students are also invited to take part in a special commemorative activity to mark her milestone birthday. This session is suitable for students in Year 9 and above. Apply here: ow.ly/7W1J50ZXYpQ

On this day in 1942, German SS and police deported thousands of Jewish people from the Kraków Ghetto, most to their deaths at Bełżec extermination camp. Hundreds more were murdered inside the ghetto.

On this day in 2018, a far-right extremist attacked Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue during Shabbat services. We remember the eleven people murdered and the six injured. May their memory be a blessing.

Between 27 and 29 October 1938, Nazi Germany carried out its first mass deportation of Jewish people. Thousands with Polish citizenship were forcibly expelled from their homes, leaving many stranded at the Polish border.

On October 26, 1942, German forces, assisted by Norwegian collaborators, began rounding up Jews across Norway. 770 Jews in total were deported to concentration camps, many by boat, including on the SS Monte Rosa - a ship that would later become known as the Empire Windrush.

We’re opening this academic year’s Multi-School Outreach series with Remembering Kristallnacht with Peter Summerfield BEM. Through survivor testimony, students will learn about the events of Kristallnacht, 9–10 November 1938, through lived experience and consider its impact on the Holocaust. This session is suitable for students in Year 6 and above and is one of our most popular sessions for primary schools. 📅 Tuesday 10 November 2026 🕙 10:00–11:30, via Zoom Register your school here: ow.ly/NwXK50ZWUNW

We are hosting a special Multi-School session marking Holocaust survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon OBE’s 100th birthday with Peter and Moira Hart. Kitty, who was sent to Auschwitz in April 1943 at just 16 years old, turns 100 on 1 December, and in this session her son Peter and his wife Moira will reflect on her experiences. Students are also invited to take part in a special commemorative activity to mark her milestone birthday. This session is suitable for students in Year 9 and above. Apply here: ow.ly/7W1J50ZXYpQ

“It is shocking that antisemitism has become so normalised that it can take root in the very places where we expect prejudice to be rejected.” Our Chief Executive, @KarenPollock100, writes in the @JewishChron about the Bell Review’s findings on antisemitism in schools and colleges: thejc.com/opinion/karen-poll…

Between 23 and 25 October 1941, Romanian forces murdered more than 20,000 Jewish people in Odesa, Ukraine. Once a centre of Jewish culture and learning, the city became a site of mass murder.

Our Chief Executive, @KarenPollock100 spoke to @TimesRadio Breakfast this morning ahead of the publication of the Bell Review into antisemitism in schools and colleges.

Our Chief Executive @KarenPollock100 on the findings of the Bell Review into antisemitism in schools and colleges.

We’re opening this academic year’s Multi-School Outreach series with Remembering Kristallnacht with Peter Summerfield BEM. Through survivor testimony, students will learn about the events of Kristallnacht, 9–10 November 1938, through lived experience and consider its impact on the Holocaust. This session is suitable for students in Year 6 and above and is one of our most popular sessions for primary schools. 📅 Tuesday 10 November 2026 🕙 10:00–11:30, via Zoom Register your school here: ow.ly/NwXK50ZWUNW

On this day in 1939, the Nazis began deporting Jewish people to Nisko in occupied Poland. The plan was soon abandoned, but it marked an early stage in Nazi policies of forced deportation.

On 15 October 1944, the Nazi-backed Arrow Cross seized power in Hungary. Its rule unleashed a new wave of persecution and mass murder of Hungarian Jews.