One week to Holocaust Memorial Day (27th) What can we do? We can learn?

From the Holocaust Memorial Trust: Today, Holocaust distortion, denial and trivialisation are all increasing. Holocaust denial is any attempt to deny the Holocaust happened, whilst Holocaust distortion is where the Holocaust is acknowledged to have happened, but the extent or nature of the Holocaust is questioned, minimised, trivialised or even inverted – for example, where Jews today are likened to Nazis. Holocaust denial and distortion are both forms of antisemitism (anti-Jewish hatred) and should be confronted. 80 years on from the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, as living witnesses rely on us to carry forward their legacy, silence must not be an option.

This Holocaust Memorial Day, we all have an opportunity to take action for a better future. A better future where people are not suffering prejudice or persecution because of their faith, ethnicity or other characteristic.

This paragraph stood out to me. It is important to mark Holocaust Memorial Day so we can do better, learn and be a part of making sure the future is a good place to be.

Other people have more information on this topic than I do so I make sure to listen to them: one of my favourite people to follow online is Miriam Ezagui. She is the great granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor. She is a social media creator and shares what her life is like as an Orthodox Jew. She shares a lot of information on her various pages, including on her Instagram. She is a great source of knowledge and understanding whilst also sharing her joy in being Jewish. 

The Holocaust Memorial day trust have a lot of information on their website here! 

Remember that we all have the opportunity to take action for a better future, and that is a strong and brilliant thing. Continue to be open minded and kind. 

Amelia 

You can learn more about the darkest times of history here, https://octoberbooks.org/search?q=holocaust&options%5Bprefix%5D=last the more aware we are the more we can honour the legacy of survivors and those still enduring persecution today.