On the 27 January the city of Manchester will mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
An event will be hosted by GMCA (Greater Manchester Combined Authority) and as last year, the service will take place online.
The service will be broadcast from the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham’s, twitter (@MayorOfGM) and Facebook, from 12pm on Thursday 27th January.
This year, the guiding theme is “One Day” and the people of Manchester are encouraged to remember the victims, challenge the distortion of history and safeguard the historical record.
Holocaust Memorial Day provides an opportunity to learn about the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and the genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, in the hope that there may be One Day in the future with no genocide.
Manchester City Council have provided all local schools with Holocaust commemorative and educational activities to aid teachers and education providers in Greater Manchester to raise awareness on the day and enlighten young people about the struggle of Holocaust survivors.
Providing education resources to schools ensures the stories of Holocaust survivors live on and are not forgotten. It also allows young people to have important conversations about remembering the day and how they can strengthen their solidarity with the victims and their families.
Councillor Luthfur Rahman, Deputy Leader, said:
“Holocaust Memorial Day acts as an ever-present reminder of the atrocities of the Holocaust. On this annual day we will honour the six million victims and, we stand in solidarity with the communities and families affected.
“Manchester is a multi-cultural city, for many residents the Holocaust will be deeply personal and we want to encourage other communities to learn more about the struggle of the victims and focus on how they can be supported on this day and in the future.
“The educational packs that have been provided by the council to schools will allow us to ensure younger generations are educated on the Holocaust and that the victims are never forgotten.”
Manchester has been holding Holocaust Memorial Day events for 20 years, which have focussed on providing the city’s children and young people with opportunities to learn from the past. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic an in-person event involving multiple schools was not possible in 2021 nor this January.
Instead, the city is providing all Manchester’s secondary pupils with the opportunity to access HMD content digitally. For three days over HMD (27 January), Manchester’s secondary schools have access to exclusive digital content from UK Jewish Film.
For further information, please contact: cex-events@manchester.gov.uk
