Our Chief Executive, Karen Pollock CBE, on the news that Kanye West has been denied entry into the United Kingdom.

Today marks the commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Today we come together and remember all the victims. Learn more about the Rwandan Genocide here www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/coun...

On Easter Sunday, we send our best wishes to all our supporters who will be marking and celebrating Easter today.

In April 1933, the Nazis carried out the first nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses.

Wishing all those celebrating, Chag Pesach Sameach! Happy Passover!

Last week, Gerald Stern spoke to Year 9 students at Walthamstow Hall School in Sevenoaks, sharing his reflections on his father’s escape of Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport.

Invite a speaker to your school: het.org.uk/education/outreach-programme/outreach-enquiry

Today is Holocaust survivor Simon Winston BEM’s 88th birthday. Please do send Simon some love on his special day!

On Thursday we'll be hosting a special session for schools where the child of a Holocaust survivor will explore why they want to share their family's experiences, its impact across generations, and why Holocaust memory still matters today. Find out more and register here: https://ow.ly/Z6es50YchEj

Our virtual Teacher Study Seminar features leading guest speaker Sarah Phillips Casteel and her new book ‘Black Lives Under Nazism: Making History Visible in Literature and Art’.

Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Black writers and artists have preserved these voices. This virtual Teacher Study Seminar explores how memoir, fiction, poetry, and art bring this hidden history to light.

During WWII, Black people in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe were targeted with ostracism, forced sterilisation, and imprisonment, and these stories are often forgotten today.

On Thursday we'll be hosting a special session for schools where the child of a Holocaust survivor will explore why they want to share their family's experiences, its impact across generations, and why Holocaust memory still matters today. Find out more and register here: https://ow.ly/Z6es50YchEj

The Long Night
by Ernst Israel Bonstein

A moving reflection on a childhood marked by the Holocaust, sharing his experiences across seven concentration camps. From acts of courage and resistance to moments of unexpected kindness, his story reveals how humanity can survive even in the darkest times.

Born Survivors by Wendy Holden

The incredible true story of three pregnant women sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau who defied the unimaginable by each giving birth to a child who survived. Among them is Eva Clarke, born after her mother’s transport to Mauthausen concentration camp.

A Mother’s Promise by
Renee Salt

After 6 years bound to her mother, moved from ghetto to concentration camp, clinging to the hope she was given to survive, Salt shares a powerful story of family and resilience.

Survivors by Rebecca Clifford

Not just an account of how children survived the Holocaust, but what happened after. A powerful exploration of trauma, displacement, and how people sought to rebuild their shattered childhoods.

If This Is a Man
by Primo Levi

Combining testimony with a scientist's precision to explore human behaviour under extreme conditions, Levi offers detailed studies on moral choices and solidarity amongst prisoners.

Lily’s Promise
by Lily Ebert and Dov Forman

From surviving Auschwitz to sharing her story with millions online, Lily’s journey integrates her reflections of her time within the camps with modern digital advocacy, ensuring that Holocaust remembrance and education is accessible to future generations.

Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl

Part memoir, part psychology outlook, after surviving the camps, Frankl explores how even in unimaginable suffering, we can choose our response and find meaning.

Night by Elie Wiesel

Written when he was just a teenager, read his powerful firsthand testimony of his journey through Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This book not only demonstrates the power of storytelling but also delves into the internal moral dilemmas of survival, guilt, and complicity.

On this World Book Day, the Holocaust Educational Trust has compiled a selection of recommended books about the Holocaust - titles we believe are both powerful and educational ➡️

Next week we'll be hosting a special session for schools where the child of a Holocaust survivor will explore why they want to share their family's experiences, its impact across generations, and why Holocaust memory still matters today. Find out more and register here: https://ow.ly/Z6es50YchEj

We are also recruiting a Schools Coordinator to support schools who take part in our programmes, helping ensure a smooth and engaging journey from registration through to participation. Find out more and apply here: het.org.uk/about/vacancies

Join us! We’re recruiting a Public Affairs Officer to support the Trust’s parliamentary and policy engagement work, helping to ensure the Holocaust remains central to the UK’s national consciousness. Find out more and apply here: het.org.uk/about/vacancies

Boycotts targeting Jewish-linked businesses and products are nothing new 'Apartheid-free zone' efforts are part of a long and dishonourable tradition including 19th century Austrian populists, the Nazis and the KKK

'Many of us have warned that antisemitism is being normalised – shrugged off, excused. The result is that antisemites feel emboldened and more brazen.'

Our Public Affairs Manager, Bradley Langer: www.jewishnews.co.uk/boycotts-targeting-jewis...

Tonight marks the start of the Jewish festival of Purim, when we remember the evil plot to destroy the Jewish people of ancient Persia and celebrate its failure - a story that has been marked and celebrated for generations.

The in-person seminar and return flight depart from Manchester, with potential of travel subsidy.

£59 per participant | £41 refundable deposit

Final spaces remaining - secure your place today: www.het.org.uk/lessons-from...

This unique programme includes:

• A full in-person seminar
• A funded day-visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
• A follow-up virtual seminar to support reflection and classroom application

The in-person seminar and return flight depart from Manchester, with potential of travel subsidy.

Teachers – final chance to register for our Lessons of Auschwitz CPD for March 2026.

Engage directly with history, reflect with fellow educators, and bring back learning experiences that will stay with your students long after the lesson ends.

Teddies and a letter from mum - devastating remnants of lives stolen by Nazis To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, three survivors recall their stories, and a precious item from their childhood that they still have as part of the Daily Mirror's #PeopleMove project

Incase you missed it, on Holocaust Memorial Day, Holocaust survivors John Fieldsend BEM, John Hajdu MBE and Peter Summerfield BEM shared their powerful testimonies in the Daily Mirror:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/t...