Foreign Secretary marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation on Holocaust Memorial Day

• International Secretary will co-host a reception with the Embassy of Israel within the International Workplace at present
• David Lammy will meet Holocaust survivor Janine Webber, who survived Nazi persecution in occupied Poland
• senior UK delegation together with HMTK will be part of world leaders at Auschwitz-Birkenau commemoration ceremony in Poland

The International Secretary will at present co-host a reception with Her Excellency the Ambassador of Israel to the UK to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau focus camp.

Previous to the commemoration, the International Secretary will meet Holocaust survivor Janine Webber BEM, who survived the Holocaust as youngster in occupied Poland, enduring the tragic lack of her mother and father and brother by the hands of the Nazis.

The commemoration will showcase progressive approaches to Holocaust schooling. These embrace Testimony 360, a digital actuality programme preserving survivor testimonies for future generations, and ‘In Their Footsteps’, a robust exhibition that includes 3D-printed sneakers that symbolise Holocaust remembrance.    

International Secretary David Lammy is predicted to say:

‘By no means once more’ is a solemn promise, which we owe to the victims, but additionally which we should uphold for our personal sake and for the sake of future generations.

We want Holocaust remembrance. Holocaust schooling. Motion in opposition to antisemitism.

It’s how we construct a greater future for all.

A high-level UK delegation, together with senior authorities officers, His Majesty The King and Holocaust survivors, will be part of world leaders at present on the Auschwitz-Birkenau commemoration ceremony in Poland.

As a part of the UK’s dedication to Holocaust remembrance, the Prime Minister pledged at the very least £2.2 million in September to proceed to fund the Holocaust Academic Belief’s Classes from Auschwitz challenge, enabling UK college students to go to Auschwitz and be taught concerning the historical past of the Holocaust.

Background

• Holocaust Memorial Day is marked yearly on 27 January
• as set out by the Holocaust Memorial Day Belief, Holocaust Memorial Day remembers the 6 million Jews murdered throughout the Holocaust. It additionally commemorates the thousands and thousands extra individuals murdered by means of the Nazi persecution of different teams and within the more moderen genocides of Rwanda, Srebrenica, and acts of genocide in Cambodia and in opposition to the Yazidi individuals
• the UK at the moment holds the presidency of the Worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, till 28 February 2025
• learn extra details about Holocaust Memorial Day and Janine Webber BEM
• all imagery from the occasion and the International Secretary’s attendance will likely be on FCDO Flickr
• learn the International Secretary’s 2025 Holocaust Memorial Day speech