Holocaust Memorial Day



HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY

FRIDAY 27 JANUARY 2012

The LRC marks this 67th anniversary with a display of information, books and DVDs available to students and staff.

The theme for this year which is set by the Holocaust Memorial Day trust is: to ‘Speak Up, Speak Out’.

The HMD Trust asks us as individuals to do this against the types of discrimination and prejudice that lie at the root of genocides.

TRC student s and staff are also invited to sign a ‘pledge book’ - available in college. Those putting their name to the statement will pledge themselves to: ‘speak up and speak out against those whose words or actions embody the belief that other people’s race, religion, disability or sexuality makes their lives and experience worth less than our own’. By signing the statement they are accepting a shared responsibility to fight the evils of genocide, racism and intolerance of others.

The History Department have organised two events in connection with the commemorative day.

Wednesday 29 February 2010
11am Lecture Theatre - a talk by the Holocaust Education Trust
1.35pm Drama Studio – a talk by Iby Knill, a survivor of Auschwitz

Iby Knill’s autobiography “The Woman Without A Number” is a book available from the LRC display. This is an inspirational story of Holocaust survival and was featured on the BBC Television series ‘My Story’Holocaust Memorial Day commemorates the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and subsequent genocides.