The Government has announced additional funding for the Holocaust
Memorial Day Trust to support the 80th anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Holocaust Memorial Day, marked each year on January 27th, is a
day of reflection, remembrance, and education.
2025 will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz-Birkenau, which will be a particularly poignant
occasion, highlighting the significance of remembering the
atrocities of the past while fostering a future of understanding
and unity.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 also marks the 30th anniversary of
the genocide in Srebrenica, sending a strong reminder that hatred
and intolerance have continued long after the Holocaust.
Faith Minister said:
We are absolutely committed to ensuring the lessons of the
Holocaust are never forgotten. The 80th anniversary is a time for
deep reflection, and to remember the six million Jewish men,
women and children murdered by the Nazis.
This funding will enable the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust to
stage an event and ensure it is broadcast to millions – matching
the significance of the moment. It will enable communities across
the country to take part in this moment for reflection – and to
hear directly from survivors who can bear witness to the
appalling crimes committed by the Nazis.
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust's Chief Executive,
Olivia Marks-Woldman, said:
We are delighted that the Government's commitment to Holocaust
Memorial Day Trust means that we can reach even further in this
significant year. The Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 commemorations
will be engaging millions of people across the UK, in local
communities, on social and traditional media, and at the UK
Ceremony.
Please join us in January to mark the 80th anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the 30th anniversary of the
genocide in Bosnia - to learn from the past, for a better future.
The additional funds will help facilitate broadcasting the event,
broadening access to people across the country for commemoration
and reflection.
Last month, in his speech to the Holocaust Education Trust, the
Prime Minister set out a new “national ambition” to ensure that
every young person has the opportunity to hear recorded Holocaust
survivor testimony.
Ahead of its curriculum review, the Government has also committed
to ensure that the Holocaust remains on the curriculum and that
state schools which are not currently required to follow the
national curriculum also teach the Holocaust.
Notes to editors:
- The additional funding of £80,000 is in addition to an annual
grant of £900,000 given to HMDT – totalling £980,000 this year –
which is provided for the annual ceremony and for support for
thousands of local activities up and down the country to remember
the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
