Holocaust Memorial Day is marked each year on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. In addition to remembering the millions of victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, Holocaust Memorial Day provides an opportunity to remember the victims of the subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur.

This year, the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2017 is 'How can life go on?'

Friday 20 January 2017

To mark the beginning of events, Global Fusion Music and Arts is organising a World Cinema Night In, showing 'In Darkness' (Polish, 2011) in The Grand Salon, Charlton House, SE7. The film will start at 7.30pm.

Friday 27 January 2017

At 10.30am, the Royal Borough will remember the victims of the Holocaust in a ceremony in the Woolwich Town Hall which is open to the public and will be led by the Mayor of Royal Greenwich, Councillor Olu Babatola. Including a range of readings and videos, there will also be monologues and songs by pupils from local primary schools.

Saturday 28 January 2017

The Royal Borough is holding another event in partnership with Global Fusion Music and Arts, from 7.30pm to 10pm at Charlton House. The event includes live music to accompany poetry by Auschwitz survivor Premo Levi, and music by Leonard Cohen. Tickets are free and are available from Global Fusion Music and Arts.

'Reflect on those who lost their lives'

The Leader of the Royal Borough, Denise Hyland, said: "These memorial events allow us to reflect on those who lost their lives in the Holocaust and in the other tragic genocides that have taken place across the globe. Such events underpin the importance of communities working together and speaking in one unified voice against the forces of hate and intolerance."