Royal Greenwich To Remember Victims Of Genocides At Holocaust Memorial Day Event

by our RBG Correspondent | Woolwich

* A Holocaust Memorial Garden.
(Credit: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust)

The Royal Borough of Greenwich will remember the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in a ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day at 10.30 am on Wednesday 27 January, at the Town Hall, Woolwich.

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.

The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2016 is `Don’t Stand By`, which reflects on how genocides have taken place because people allowed persecution to take root.

The event is open to the public and will be led by the Mayor of Royal Greenwich, Councillor Norman Adams, and will include a range of readings and videos, as well as monologues and songs by pupils from Mulgrave primary school.

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