Chair gives poignant Holocaust Memorial Day message

Councillor Malcolm Gee, Chair of South Derbyshire District Council gives a powerful and personal message about the importance of today (Thursday, 27 January) Holocaust Memorial Day 2022.

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust promotes and supports international Holocaust Memorial Day each year and the Council is encouraging people to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, the millions of people killed under Nazi persecution and the more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. 

This year’s theme is the importance of ‘One Day’ which Councillor Gee explains in his video plus his personal memories of his own visit to Auschwitz. He goes on to detail the unveiling of a plaque and dedication of a new tree which takes place every year on Holocaust Memorial Day at Rosliston Forestry Centre.   

The Council Is also encouraging residents to get involved in the UK Commemorative Ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day through a live streamed ceremony taking place at 7pm.

The ceremony will run from 7–8pm.

At 8pm, households across the UK will be lighting candles and safely putting them in their windows to:

• remember those who were murdered for who they were
• stand against prejudice and hatred today

To find out how to register and join in please click here.

Join the nation and light the darkness to remember those who were murdered for who they were. Please light a candle and put it in your window at 8pm (if you are able to do so safely).

27 January 2022