Every January the world has been marking Holocaust Memorial Day ( HMD ). The UK has marked HMD every year since 2001.
The aim of HMD is to share the memory of the millions who were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur in order to challenge hatred and persecution in the world today.
To commemorate HMD Sheffield is holding a candlelit vigil on Monday 27 January 2020 from 5.45 to 7pm in the Winter Garden. Each year there are a variety of speakers and performers from different communities to highlight both past and present genocide, persecution and discrimination.The theme this year is Stand Together and will focus on how genocidal regimes throughout history have deliberately fractured societies by marginalising certain groups. A selection of short films will be screened in the Winter Garden during the day, from 12noon to 4.30pm ( pop in anytime ) and a collection of posters are on display in the Winter Gardens from 20th – 27th January.
