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Find out more:- Darfur 2003 - 20005 (Darfur is a region of western Sudan)

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Find out more:- Darfur 2003 - 20005 (Darfur is a region of western Sudan)

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5 minute reads:-

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Genocide in Darfur, with links to people stories

https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/darfur/genocide/

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Contact us to host Somerset's Candle in 2025 (talks, workshops, a display, drop-ins) - explore peace and remembrance through stories of solidarity for peace, explore local connections to peoples persecuted during the Holocaust and Genocide. Social learning and discovering peacebuilding opportunities for Somerset

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Contact us to host Somerset's Candle in 2025 (talks, workshops, a display, drop-ins) - explore peace and remembrance through stories of solidarity for peace, explore local connections to peoples persecuted during the Holocaust and Genocide. Social learning and discovering peacebuilding opportunities for Somerset

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This Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia.

Downloadable materials from

https://www.hmd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/HMD-2025-Theme-Vision.pdf

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Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina, adopted 4 February 1998

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Genocide in Bosnia: click this link for a short film from Holocaust Memorial Trust. In July 1995, with the back drop of the ongoing war, around 8,000 Muslim men, and boys over 12 years old, were murdered in Srebrenica, Bosnia. https://vimeo.com/461307768

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https://www.somerset.gov.uk/health-safety-and-wellbeing/hate-crimes-and-hate-incidents/

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Introduction

A hate incident is when the victim or anyone else thinks an incident, such as bullying or abuse, was motivated by hostility or prejudice based on one of the following things:

Disability - including physical disabilities, sensory impairments, learning disabilities and mental health issues

Race, skin colour, ethnic origin, nationality - including against gypsies and travellers

Religion or belief - including lack of religious belief

Sexual orientation - including homophobia

Gender identity - including against transgender and non-binary people

When hate incidents become criminal offences they are known as hate crimes.

Reporting a hate incident or crime

If you or someone you know has experienced hate crime, reporting it can stop it happening to someone else. Hate crime and incidents can impact people who are abused, their family and the wider community in many different ways. Telling someone means you can get support and this can help alleviate the impacts. Reporting it also helps the police better understand the level of hate crime in your area and improve the way they respond to it.

Incidents can be reported by victims or witnesses.

Incidents can range from verbal abuse, threatening or aggressive behaviour - even through letters, emails or social media - criminal damage to personal property, or physical attacks.

You can do this by contacting the police to report hate crime.

phone 999 if a crime is happening now or if someone is in immediate danger

phone 101 if it is not an emergency

fill in the online crime form at Avon and Somerset Police

visit your local police station

If you have been a victim of a hate crime and would like support, or support with reporting a hate crime, please contact the hate crime support service in Somerset, which is called SARI (Stand Against Racism and Inequality).

SARI is funded by Big Lottery to deliver the Every Victim Matters Hate Crime Service for Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset. You can contact them by phone on  0117 942 0060 or by email  sari@sariweb.org.uk.
Find out more on the SARI website emergencySMS service
This service lets people who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impediment contact the emergency service by  texting 999.

Mobile phone numbers must be registered with the service before it can be used. Find out more on the emergencySMS website.

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Information about hate crime and how to report it

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SARI a reminder of the support they provide. Information about their services - Get Help - SARI (saricharity.org.uk)

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Governments Security funding for Places of Worship and Mosques. Protective security schemes for places of worship - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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The following weblinks provide a selection of readings and media articles on the genocide in Rwanda in 1994:-

15 minute reads :-

United Nations 28 years after...

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1115792

History; UPDATED: MAY 19, 2023 | ORIGINAL: OCTOBER 14, 2009

https://www.history.com/topics/africa/rwandan-genocide

5 minute reads:-

BBC How it happened (17 May 2011)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13431486

BBC News 100 days of slaughter ( April 2019)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26875506

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Loans service of themed collections from the GLADE Centre

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Loans service of themed collections from the GLADE Centre

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Schools can request books from the School Library Service

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Schools can request books from the School Library Service

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More information on this service can be found at:- https://www.supportservicesforeducation.co.uk/Page/9229

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2 August 2025;  Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day  

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2 August 2025;  Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day  

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Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day (known with various slightly different names) is a memorial day that commemorates the victims of the Romani genocide (Porajmos), which resulted in the murder of an estimated 220,000–500,000 Romani people

WATCH THIS SPACE & CHECK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FROM TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'LL HAVE ON OFFER in Somerset TO CONNECT WITH THIS DATE

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In March 2010, twenty-seven Britons who took matters into their own hands to protect Jews from the Nazis during one of the darkest times in human history were formally recognised as 'Heroes of the Holocaust' by the British Government. The silver medal, inscribed with the words 'In the Service of Humanity', was created to acknowledge those 'whose selfless actions preserved life in the face of persecution'.

Includes Frank Foley from Somerset...

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Teaching resources from National Education Union (NEU) & Holocaust Educational Trust

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Teaching resources from National Education Union (NEU) & Holocaust Educational Trust

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A comprehensive set of teaching resources on the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, produced by the NEU and the Holocaust Educational Trust. Includes; classroom activities, downloadable postcards and posters covering the persecution of Black people, disabled people, Gypsies and Porrajmos, Poles and gay men.

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Get in touch..the Somerset Candle for Remembrance, Holocaust Memorial & Peace

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Get in touch..the Somerset Candle for Remembrance, Holocaust Memorial & Peace

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The Somerset Holocaust memorial candle will continue on tour around the county during 2025. We will take it to schools, libraries council offices, churches, places that it will find an audience and will tell the stories of those who have suffered and those that helped people to escape so they are not forgotten. We will seek out lesser known, almost forgotten stories to bring a wider Somerset connection, drawing in interested communities and localities to help with this.

We invite the public, groups, families, education settings, businesses to drop a pin on our map hosted at: https://interfaithbelief.glade.org/somerset-candle/ to show solidarity and commemorate those persecuted and survivors.

To enquire about hosting the Somerset Candle, contact Liz@glade.org or call Lynn; 07546 200 332

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A collection of people though time who are a special kind of hero, a peaceful hero, willing to put their life on the line for a cause, but never to kill for a cause, including:-

Clara Barton, 25 December 1821 – 12 April 1912; a nurse during the American Civil War who founded the American Red Cross.

Abdul Ghaffār Khān, 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988. Supporter of a resistance movement against British colonial rule in India

Ginetta Sagan, 1 June 1925 – 25 August 2000; Italian-born American human rights activist.

Paul Rusesabagina, 15 June 1954 Rwandan-Belgian human rights defender including for Rwanda.

Meena Keshwar Kamal, 27 February 1956 – 4 February 1987; Afghan women's rights activist

Marla Ruzicka, 31 December 1976 – 16 April 2005; aid worker who championed victims of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

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Anytime since 2024; drop a pin on our virtual map to share a lit candle as your support for a better future, for peace and to remember the fragility of freedom; click the image below to find out how to 'drop your pin' or how to upload an image. 

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Anytime since 2024; drop a pin on our virtual map to share a lit candle as your support for a better future, for peace and to remember the fragility of freedom; click the image below to find out how to 'drop your pin' or how to upload an image. 

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https://interfaithbelief.glade.org/somerset-candle/

Shows too where the Somerset candle is being hosted

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Somerset Candle - Somerset Interfaith and Belief Network

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The Somerset Candle for Memory and Peace is on tour throughout the county until the end of January 2026. Workshop, talk & display available to book for

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Why not light a candle during the year?  Year-long showing solidarity started on Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January 2024; Light a candle to remember

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Why not light a candle during the year?  Year-long showing solidarity started on Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January 2024; Light a candle to remember

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By lighting a candle & placing in your window, you join in with a movement for peace and recognise the fragility of freedom and help #LightTheDarkness

The day for everyone to remember the millions of people killed in the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution, and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur.

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The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II

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The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II

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Author: Michael Rosen Publisher: Walker Books

When Michael Rosen was a child, there were family stories about great aunts and great uncles in France and Poland who were there before the war and not there afterwards. When the young Michael asked what happened, his family would reply that they didn't know. How could it be that people could just disappear?

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Author: Amnesty International Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

A celebration of champions of freedom throughout history. Amnesty International has collected the words of Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Anne Frank, Malala Yousafzai, Aung San Suu Kyi, and many more. These words are presented along with inspiring illustrations.

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Author: Amyra Leon Illustrator: Molly Mendoza

A mother and child meditate on what it is to be free: to breathe, to look at the stars, to know that the world contains so many families that are fighting their hardest to be free and enjoy the freedoms that others do.

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Holocaust Memorial Day event to be held in Taunton, Somerset

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Somerset will be honouring the victims who lost their lives and were affected by acts of genocide including the Holocaust in Taunton later this…

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Watch curated moments from the Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024 UK Ceremony which were streamed live on 27 January.

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Watch curated moments from the Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024 UK Ceremony which were streamed live on 27 January.

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Click this weblink to watch curated moments

https://www.hmd.org.uk/ukhmd/

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The UK Online Commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2023 was streamed on our website on Thursday 26 January at 7pm. Watch the Commemoration below.

The Commemoration includes testimony from Holocaust survivor Dr Martin Stern MBE and Amouna Adam, a survivor of the genocide in Darfur. You will also hear from celebrities Sir David Suchet and Kirsty Wark, and political leaders including the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, and faith leaders including Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis and our Chair, Laura Marks OBE.

You can download the Commemoration programme below.
Download programme

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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | HMD 2023 UK Online Commemoration

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The UK Online Commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2023 was streamed on our website on Thursday 26 January at 7pm. Watch the Commemoration below. The Commemoration includes testimony from Holocaust survivor Dr Martin Stern MBE and Amouna Adam, a survivor of the genocide in Darfur.

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Fragile freedom;  setting the context of "freedom"  and recognising how we can all better CONNECT with the concept of freedom and multiple perspectives

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Fragile freedom;  setting the context of "freedom"  and recognising how we can all better CONNECT with the concept of freedom and multiple perspectives

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"Fragility of freedom". Interfaith & Belief Network for Somerset, in collaboration with The GLADE Centre, has collated these materials to help you explore the notion that freedom means different things to different people.

Underpinned by human rights...

" Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person." Article 4 UN Declaration of Human Rights - UDHR and by childrens rights

"Every child has rights “without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child’s or his or her parent’s or legal guardian’s race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status”. Article 2, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - UNCRC.

At the foot of the website, you'll see 5 gifs of the human rights articles we believe best align to themes around freedom.

Lynn & Liz. January 2024

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Author: Anne Frank Publisher: Penguin

Anne’s diary begins in 1942 on her 13th birthday, when she receives the diary as a gift, and she continues to address her imaginary friend “Kitty” in entries over the next two years of her life. This book is widely regarded as one of the most important pieces of historical literature of all time

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Author: Renate Greenshields Publisher: Minerva press

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Renate tells her childhood story of wartime Germany, where her father, a Lutheran pastor sheltered Jews in the family rectory home. Leading on to her coming to England as a youngest war bride in 1946, to be the wife of a farmer-artist in Devon.

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in 1938 as war loomed, an eight-year-old Helga began to keep a diary in words and pictures. The first pages record the growing Nazi threat: air raid alarms, arrests, the expulsion of Jewish children from state schools, adults – including her father – losing their jobs, yellow Stars of David had to be sewn on clothes, and the constant, claustrophobic talk of "transports".

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Author: Erica & Martin Stern Publisher: National Education Union & Holocaust Education Trust

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This is the story of Martin and Erica Stern and the journey they were forced to make through Europe during the SecondWorldWar. It is based on Martin’s memories of what happened when he was a child. Martin and Erica survived their experiences.Martin became a hospital doctor in the UK and Erica became a psychologist at a Dutch university.

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A picture book based on the Tao Te Ching (a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism written around 400 BC) poses the question: How can we bring peace to the world? Useful to generate discussions about aspects of 'freedom' including bullying, conflict resolution.

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Sue DiCicco and Sadako’s older brother, Masahiro Sasaki, tell her story in English for the first time. Read the story of her patience and courage throughout her illness, how she inspired her family and friends, and became a symbol of all people, especially children, who suffer from the effects of war.

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Discussion questions for Sadako Sasaki - download as pdf

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Discussion questions for Sadako Sasaki - download as pdf

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Author: Markus Zusak Publisher: Black Swan

1939. Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books....

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PPT overview of symbols and activity to generate discussion to CONNECT to themes associated with freedom

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Short answers to big questions. A short film from The Holocaust Memorial Trust

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Short answers to big questions. A short film from The Holocaust Memorial Trust

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The 90 second video is a useful starting point for a discussion or can be played in the background at an event

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The Holocaust and genocide: short answers to big questions

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Somerset Candle suggestions within RE, tutor time, circle time for remembrance days throughout the year

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Somerset Candle suggestions within RE, tutor time, circle time for remembrance days throughout the year

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CONNECT activity - create a candle to light the darkness

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CONNECT activity - create a candle to light the darkness

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A drop-in type activity for use with all ages.

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 Originally adopted in 1989 and readopted in 1993

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The following weblinks provide a selection of readings and media articles. Historically, this period—as shown in the film The Killing Fields—has come to be known as the Cambodian Genocide.

The genocide in Cambodia: Cambodian Day of Remembrance; click this link for a short film from Holocaust Memorial Trust, In 1984, the Cambodian government declared 20 May a National Day of Remembrance, to commemorate the victims of the genocide in Cambodia that took place between 1975 and 1979. https://vimeo.com/hmd2701

The fate of Cambodia shocked the world when the radical communist political party Khmer Rouge, under their leader Pol Pot, seized power in April 1975 after years of guerrilla warfare.

https://hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/cambodia/

5 minute reads:-

BBC News Khmer Rouge: Cambodia's years of brutality

(16 November 2018)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10684399

BBC News Khmer Rouge: What did a 16-year genocide trial achieve? (22 September 2022)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62992329

15 minute reads:-

United Nations Cambodia: UN-backed tribunal ends

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1127521

History (UPDATED: AUGUST 21, 2018 ORIGINAL: SEPTEMBER 12, 2017)

https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/the-khmer-rouge

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Dreams of Freedom, book and activities from Amnesty international (Feb 2023)

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Dreams of Freedom, book and activities from Amnesty international (Feb 2023)

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17 quotations about many different aspects of freedom, in easy to understand language

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We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.

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Days to remember and discrimination today (lesson plan) from Holocaust Memorial Trust

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Days to remember and discrimination today (lesson plan) from Holocaust Memorial Trust

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A set of worksheets and PowerPoint introduces teachers and learners to six different genocides through a key date, the experiences of one person, and the story of one artefact. The final worksheet explores more current issues around discrimination, here in the UK.

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FREEDOM; Summary of Articles from United Nations Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR)

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FREEDOM; Summary of Articles from United Nations Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR)

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Discussion - which 5 articles do you feel contribute most to freedom?

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Find out more by watching this short film; What is Holocaust Memorial Day - 2024 from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (hmd.org.uk )

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Find out more by watching this short film; What is Holocaust Memorial Day - 2024 from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (hmd.org.uk )

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https://youtu.be/wCYAFWiZfRg

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Why not Light the darkness in Somerset throughout the year? 8pm is a good a time as any

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Why not Light the darkness in Somerset throughout the year? 8pm is a good a time as any

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At 8pm on 27 January, get ready to Light the Darkness with us. Households across the UK will be lighting candles and putting them in their windows to:

remember those who were murdered for who they were

stand against prejudice and hatred today

Upload a photo of your candle on social media using the hashtags #HolocaustMemorialDay and #LightTheDarkness and tag us Fb: GlobalLearningCentre

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1st - 7th Feb ; The UN World Interfaith Harmony Week

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1st - 7th Feb ; The UN World Interfaith Harmony Week

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Annual United Nations Observance Week: Feb. 1-7

https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/

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The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 53/243 of 13 September 1999 on the declaration and programme of action relating to a culture of peace, 57/6 of 4 November 2002 concerning the promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, 58/128 of 19 December 2003 on the promotion of religious and cultural understanding, harmony and cooperation, 60/4 of 20 October 2005 on a global agenda for dialogue among civilizations, 64/14 of 10 November 2009 on the Alliance of Civilizations, 64/81 of 7 December 2009 on the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace and 64/164 of 18 December 2009 on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief,

Recognizing the imperative need for dialogue among different faiths and religions in enhancing mutual understanding, harmony and cooperation among people,

Recalling with appreciation various global, regional and subregional initiatives on mutual understanding and interfaith harmony including the Tripartite Forum on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace, and the initiative "A Common Word",

Recognizing that the moral imperatives of all religions, convictions and beliefs call for peace, tolerance and mutual understanding,

Reaffirms that mutual understanding and interreligious dialogue constitute important dimensions of a culture of peace;

Proclaims the first week of February of every year the World Interfaith Harmony Week between all religions, faiths and beliefs;

Encourages all States to support, on a voluntary basis, the spread of the message of interfaith harmony and goodwill in the world's churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other places of worship during that week, based on love of God and love of one's neighbour or on love of the good and love of one's neighbour, each according to their own religious traditions or convictions;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly informed of the implementation of the present resolution.

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The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 53/243 of 13 September 1999 on the declaration and programme of action relating to a culture of peace, 57/6 of 4 November 2002 concerning the promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, 58/128 of 19 December 2003 on the promotion of religious and

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the  the most complete statement of children’s rights ever produced and is the most widely-ratified international human rights treaty in history.

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the  the most complete statement of children’s rights ever produced and is the most widely-ratified international human rights treaty in history.

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This poster from Children & Young People's Comissioner Scotland, very usefully uses symbols and simple language to explain the first 42 articles of the UNCRC— the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Talk task - pick a few articles you feel are most important to children accessing freedom.

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The Equality Act of 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society.

It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act to make it easier to understand and strengthen protection.

There are nine ‘protected characteristics’ under the Equality Act 2010. A characteristic is a part of your identity....

Creative activity - what icons, sketches or images would you choose to illustrate these protected characteristics?

Creative writing - can you devise a poem, quote or short narrative to remember and explain these characteristics.

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Europe's Roma and Sinti people (often labelled as 'Gypsies' historically) were targeted by the Nazis for total destruction.

Historians estimate that between 200,000 and 500,000 Roma and Sinti people were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. Many more were imprisoned, used as forced labour or subject to forced sterilisation and medical experimentation.

Roma and Sinti men, women and children were targeted for persecution and imprisonment, with a specific focus on clearing Berlin before the city hosted the Olympic Games in 1936. As World War Two began, the genocide of the Roma and Sinti people intensified. Roma and Sinti people were deported to ghettos including Łódź and to concentration camps including Dachau, Mauthausen and Auschwitz-Birkenau; which had a specific 'Gypsy Camp'.

On 26 February 1943, the first transport of Roma and Sinti men, women and children arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of the 23,000 Gypsies imprisoned within the camp, it is estimated that over 20,000 were murdered.

On 2 August 1944 the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Camp) at Auschwitz was liquidated: thousands of Roma and Sinti people were murdered in the gas chambers and the remaining prisoners were deported to Buchenwald and Ravensbrück concentration camps for forced labour.

The experience of Europe's Roma and Sinti population has parallels with that of the Jewish people. Both populations were targeted on the grounds of their race and had previously suffered centuries of discrimination. The Nuremberg Laws which prohibited marriage between Jews and Aryans and enshrined the loss of citizenship rights were also applied to Roma and Sinti. As with Jewish children, Roma and Sinti children were banned from public schools and adults found it increasingly difficult to maintain or secure employment.

Despite the genocide committed against Roma and Sinti people by the Nazi regime, their experiences were only fully recognised by the West German Government in 1981 and the genocide is only now becoming more widely known.
Watch our short film about the Roma genocide: Find out more:

Read the life story of Baronita Adam, a member of the Roma community whose mother was targeted by the Nazis and imprisoned in a concentration camp

Watch our short film about Józef Sadowski, the only known survivor of the Roma genocide living in the UK today

Read historian Rainer Schulze's nine-part blog he wrote to mark Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month 2015:

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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | The Roma genocide

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The Porrajmos, or Porajmos (translated 'the Devouring') is the term used to describe the Nazi genocide of Europe's Roma and Sinti (Gypsy) population. More than 200,000 Roma and Sinti were murdered or died as a result of starvation or disease. Many more were imprisoned, used as forced labour or subject to forced sterilisation and medical experimentation.

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Amnesty International held a theatre workshop run by Chickenshed for children to explore and dramatise the words of Nelson Mandela, Clare Balding and others, taken from the book Dreams of Freedom

Dreams of Freedom introduces children aged six+ to some of the world’s bravest human rights champions, encouraging them to explore our hard-won liberties and to understand how precious they are.

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To celebrate the launch of Amnesty's new illustrated children's book, Dreams of Freedom, we held a theatre workshop run by Chickenshed for children to explore and dramatise the words of Nelson Mandela, Clare Balding and others.

Dreams of Freedom introduces children aged six+ to some of the world's bravest human rights champions, encouraging them to explore our hard-won liberties and to understand how precious they are. It is the follow-up to Amnesty's award-winning best-seller We Are All Born Free.
Buy the book

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To celebrate the launch of Amnesty's new illustrated children's book, Dreams of Freedom, we held a theatre workshop run by Chickenshed for childre

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The Brave Cyclist, The True Story of a Holocaust Hero

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The Brave Cyclist, The True Story of a Holocaust Hero

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Once a skinny and weak child, Gino Bartali rose to become a Tour de France champion and one of cycling's greatest stars...Putting his own life at risk, Bartali used his speed and endurance on a bike to deliver documents Jewish people needed to escape harm.

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The following weblinks provide a selection of readings and media articles and other materials on the persecution of Roma people, these links navigate away from this space:-

THE ROMA GENOCIDE - from Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. (5 minute read with links to more materials)

Europe’s Roma and Sinti people (often labelled as ‘Gypsies’ historically) were targeted by the Nazis for total destruction.

https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/the-roma-genocide/

Nazi Persecution and Genocide of Roma and Sinti communities: Introduction - from Friends, Families and Travellers. Materials that provide context, information, and historical narrative to assist in the teaching of the Nazi Persecution and genocide of Roma and Sinti communities (Pora-jmos), which have often been described as the ‘forgotten victims’ of the Holocaust.

https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/resource/nazi-persecution-and-genocide-of-roma-and-sinti-communities-introduction-for-teachers/

The Gypsy Holocaust Forgotten Victims (A Crystal's Vardo resource - from Friends, Travellers and Travellers. General booklet with information about the Roma and Sinti Holocaust, includes some activities.

https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/FFT-The-Gypsy-Holocaust-Booklet.pdf

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WW2 resources - made available with permission of  GRT  Service, Norfolk County Council

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WW2 resources - made available with permission of  GRT  Service, Norfolk County Council

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https://padlet.com/raulalvarezconte/world-war-2-resources-m2am86dz6zlcat0l

These resources have been made and are owned by Norfolk County Council.  They are free to download and use. Resources must not be altered when used in schools. Includes;

*Porajmos

*Anna Maria and Anne Frank fact files

*World War 2 Photo and Information Pack

and more

https://padlet.com/raulalvarezconte/world-war-2-resources-m2am86dz6zlcat0l

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Somerset Anne Frank Youth Awards find out how to nominate or take part 

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Somerset Anne Frank Youth Awards find out how to nominate or take part 

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Somerset Anne Frank Youth Awards (SAFYA) mission is to create an impact that is both positive and long-lasting on young people and their communities. Open to 9-18 year olds. Visit https://www.safya.org.uk/about-the-safyas

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Why nominate?

Young people who demonstrate our three core values deserve to be publicly recognised and rewarded. Whilst having the opportunity to go to an Awards Ceremony to celebrate their success, the winner of each award will also receive £100, with all winners and shortlisted entries also receiving a copy of 'The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank' and a certificate of recognition. A SAFYAs nomination can also be included on your CV or personal statement for future employment.

Who can be nominated?

To be nominated you must:

Be aged between 9 and 18 years old (Key Stages 2-5)

Attend a school, college, youth group or be home-schooled in Somerset

Be personally known to the nominator

Each nominator can nominate as many individuals and groups as they deem worthy (eg. Peer Mediators, Conflict Resolution Groups)

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If you know of an individual or group who works towards attaining our three core values, nominate them for an Individual Award.

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Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation

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Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation

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The inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatestcomeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II

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Holocaust Memorial Day post from Friends, Families & Travellers

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Holocaust Memorial Day post from Friends, Families & Travellers

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https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1AfN1w6RMH/

Navigates to a facebook post from Friends, Families and Travellers; a leading national charity that works to end racism and discrimination against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and to protect the right to pursue a nomadic way of life. http://www.gypsy-traveller.org/

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24 reactions · 3 comments | Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. On this day, we remember the victims of the Nazi regime, including Roma and Sinti people. It is estimated that up to 500,000 Roma and Sinti people were killed during the tragic events of the Holocaust. In remembrance of all victims of the Holocaust, and to stand against prejudice today, we encourage you to light a candle tonight. 🕯️#LightTheDarkness | Friends, Families and Travellers

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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. On this day, we remember the victims of the Nazi regime, including Roma and Sinti people. It is estimated that up to 500,000 Roma and Sinti people were killed…

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Days to remember and discrimination today (ppt) from Holocaust Memorial Trust

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Days to remember and discrimination today (ppt) from Holocaust Memorial Trust

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A set of worksheets and PowerPoint introduces teachers and learners to six different genocides through a key date, the experiences of one person, and the story of one artefact. The final worksheet explores more current issues around discrimination, here in the UK.

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SONGS OF FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY (pdf book) The Journey to Justice Jukebox 

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SONGS OF FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY (pdf book) The Journey to Justice Jukebox 

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https://jtojhumanrights.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Juke-Box-Song-Book.pdf

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Songs of freedom, justice (music) from Journey to Justice

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Songs of freedom, justice (music) from Journey to Justice

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https://jtojhumanrights.org.uk/jukebox/

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Without music, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. Congressman John Lewis

#myjourneytojustice
#humanrights
#socialjustice
#civilrights
#footstepstofreedom

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Without music, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.Congressman John Lewis

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Recognition for Schools; Peaceful Projects Award 

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Recognition for Schools; Peaceful Projects Award 

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https://www.peacefulschools.org.uk/school-awards/peaceful-projects-schools

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Projects in schools that can get a Peaceful Project award are things like the creation of a peace garden or indoor quiet area; a training programme for staff and pupils on building positive relationships and/or peaceful conflict resolution or setting up a Peer Mediation or Playground Friends scheme.

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Drop a pin on our virtual Map; your candle & capture where it's lit in solidarity for peace

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Drop a pin on our virtual Map; your candle & capture where it's lit in solidarity for peace

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https://interfaithbelief.glade.org/somerset-candle/

Light the darkness with a candle to remember on Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 January, on Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day - 2 August, and on International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief - 22 August, and throughout the year. Drop a pin on the map to show where you are and upload an image of your candle for PEACE and PARTNERSHIP

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Somerset Candle - Somerset Interfaith and Belief Network

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The Somerset Candle for Memory and Peace is on tour throughout the county until the end of January 2026. Workshop, talk & display available to book for

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Remembering Srebrenica - produced by the charity Remebering Srebrenica

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Remembering Srebrenica - produced by the charity Remebering Srebrenica

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This Assembly tells the story of Viktor, a young boy forced to leave his home during the Bosnian War. Produced by the charity Remembering Srebrenica, which raises awareness of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina

https://srebrenica.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Remembering-Srebrenica-PSHE-Education-Resources-for-website.pdf

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Author: Eve Bunting Illustrator:Peter Sylvada (2001)

While Papa is off fighting with the Liberation Army, Viktor, little Marina, and Mama must abandon their possessions and flee their home with the other refugees, and as they embark on an arduous journey, Viktor thinks about what he left behind...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3prYTdIoPm0

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Muslims Who Saved Jews in the Holocaust. Honour the Righteous Muslims Blog by Fiyaz Mughal Director and Founder of Faith Matters, 27 March 2017 (Huff Post)

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Muslims Who Saved Jews in the Holocaust. Honour the Righteous Muslims Blog by Fiyaz Mughal Director and Founder of Faith Matters, 27 March 2017 (Huff Post)

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As Holocaust Memorial Day draws in on January the 27th, it is worth remembering the stories of the 'Righteous' - those who saved Jews in the Holocaust and little is even known about Muslims who saved Jews in the Holocaust.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/fiyaz-mughal/muslims-who-saved-jews-_b_6550614.html

This piece could be stimulus for discussion, research

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The Talmud and the Qur'an talk state the following: "And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world." (Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 4:8 (37a), Qur'an 5:32

As Holocaust Memorial Day draws in on January the 27th, it is worth remembering the stories of the 'Righteous' - those who saved Jews in the Holocaust and little is even known about Muslims who saved Jews in the Holocaust.

One of the most interesting facts that is not known widely is the tradition and code of BESA that has been practised in Albania and which involves hospitality and protection as part of the culture within the region and which has been enhanced by traditional Islamic values of hospitality and care for visitors and travellers.

During the Holocaust, there were 2 countries where the numbers of Jews went up as Jewish men and women and families sought refuge from the rapacious strategy of the Nazis as they transported Jews from afar as Greece to the death camps of Auschwitz, Sobibor and Treblinka. The two countries where Jewish populations went up included Bulgaria and the second was Albania. In Albania, the Jewish population rose from about 200 people to over 2,000 by the end of the war.

Quite a few of the documented stories of Muslims who saved Jews come from Albania, followed by North Africa and Turkey. Yet, many of these stories have never been properly investigated and it seems that the politics of the Middle East has slowly but surely suppressed any desire to investigate these stories that make up the history and the heritage of Muslim communities. These stories will provide Muslim communities with a sense of pride at a time when media stories are overwhelmingly negative.

So, as many of the stories are lost as people pass away, I wanted to highlight just some of the stories of the Righteous, those 71 individuals deemed Righteous by Yad Vashem who put their lives at risk for no gain, except to do the right thing and to save the weak from those who sought to eradicate them. Many of these stories can be found in a small booklet that Faith Matters put together and which are a source for inspiration and which show the courage of the Righteous, thousands of whom saved the lives of Jews in Europe and the Mediterranean.

Take for example, Zejneba Hardaga and Ahmed Sadik who sheltered and brought food to persecuted Jews in the Balkans. Zejneba provided her home as a safe space for a fleeing Jewish family whilst German forces looked to round up Jews and transport them to death camps. Ahmed Sadik on the other hand, warned his Jewish friends on a train that they were being deported to a death camp and took them off the train to a safe place of shelter where he provided them with fake documents to escape, allowing them to escape. Ahmed for his troubles was arrested by the Germans and sent to his death for his actions. He spent his last few days travelling on the same train-line on which he had taken off his Jewish friends.

Or take Albanians Destan Balla and Lima Balla. Despite the fact that many families in Albania were short of food and basic elements for survival, they rescued fleeing Jews. When the Germans invaded Pristina in 1941 the Lazar family were provided with papers to flee by a Turkish Muslim and which led them to Albania. They eventually ended up high in the mountains in a village called Shengjergj in Albania where villagers were observing the holy month of Ramadan and were fasting. Knowing that accepting Jews could lead to death, the village welcomed the family and the arrangements were largely handled by Destan and Lima Balla, a young Muslim couple who looked after the Lazars and shared with them food, water, firewood, clothing and shelter. What little they had, they shared without thought. In fact, when one the Lazars, (Sara Navon), went into Labour, Lima helped to deliver the boy.

What was particularly heroic about this couple was the fact that in a small village, the arrival of 18 strangers would have raised eyebrows and would have probably led to the Germans finding out. In fact, the local Albanian police force knew that the villagers were sheltering Jews and turned a blind eye and even when German patrols swept through the village, lookouts informed the villagers to hide the Jewish family so that they were safe.

So, what do these tales tell us about the Righteous? They tell us that for many, faith played a role in wanting to save lives. Though, there were those who had not faith and who believed in the protection of Jews, gypsies, gay people and those with disabilities. Whilst the title of the Righteous go to those who protected Jews, there were people of faith and no faith who simply did the right thing and who saved the lives of people that the Nazis targeted because of their warped and extreme views on racial theories.

So for those who now push a narrative that the history of Jews and Muslims is one of conflict, you are wrong. For those who try and spin the anti-Muslim bigoted narrative that Muslims are somehow 'evil' and supported only the Nazis, they fail to see in these stories the reality of Muslims who saved Jews in the Holocaust. For those who believe that human relationships and the desire to protect life overcome and triumph over murder and inhumanity, these stories are living testament to this fact. If anything, these stories last the ages of time since they give us hope. Hope for one another and hope that in our darkest moments, the will to live and protect triumphs.

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Muslims Who Saved Jews in the Holocaust? Honour the Righteous Muslims

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Made available in Somerset with permission, and grateful thanks to Gypsy, Roma Traveller Service at Norfolk County Council. These resources have been made and are owned by Norfolk County Council.  They are free to download and use. Resources must not be altered when used in schools. 

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Porajmos: The Forgotten Gypsy Holocaust The World Ignored. By Mark Oliver.  Edited By John Kuroski. Published May 31, 2018. Updated February 24, 2021

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Porajmos: The Forgotten Gypsy Holocaust The World Ignored. By Mark Oliver.  Edited By John Kuroski. Published May 31, 2018. Updated February 24, 2021

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During the Porajmos, the Nazis exterminated a quarter of Europe's Roma population, yet this brutal genocide went unacknowledged for decades.

During the Holocaust, the Nazis and their allies killed about 25 percent of Europe's entire Roma (a.k.a. Gypsy) population. This genocide, known as the Porajmos, remains one of the worst atrocities committed by the Nazis - and it took until 1979 for the German government to commence reparations and until 2011 for the killings to receive an official day of remembrance.

A Long History Of Persecution Against The Roma

Even before the Nazis' rise to power, the Roma in Europe had already faced decades of persecution. An ethnic group originating in the northern Indian subcontinent before making their way to Europe most likely in the 14th century, the Roma had always been a migratory people who often faced local persecution wherever they ended up, including Germany.

From 1899 through the Nazis' ascension in 1933, German legislators introduced law after law to restrict the rights of the Roma by surveilling them, keeping them out of public areas, and limiting the places where they could settle. Laws forbade them from entering many swimming pools or parks and whole sections of the country were off-limits for them. Police even had the right to arrest virtually any Roma they wanted without cause. The prevailing thinking was that any time a Gypsy was behind bars, the country was a safer place.

And when the Nazis came to power, things only got worse. Hitler began to target the Roma not just as roving bands of people who needed to be controlled, but as an "undesirable" racial group that needed to be contained and then eliminated.

In 1936, Director Robert Ritter of the Center for Research on Racial Hygiene and Demographic Biology began to deal with the Nazis' "Gypsy Question." After interviewing and examining Roma subjects, Ritter concluded that the group had "degenerate" blood that made them a danger to German racial purity.

Furthermore, he threatened the Roma into revealing their locations and the locations of their family members in order to create a centralized registry of nearly all the Roma living in Germany that would facilitate some of the worst crimes against the Roma.

The Deportation Of The Roma

In 1936 - after stripping the Roma of their citizenship, their ability to intermarry with Germans, and their right to vote - the Nazis began sterilizing them, then rounding them up and forcing them into squalid camps and other areas where they would be isolated.

At first, hundreds of thousands of Roma were herded into transit camps and kept separate in their own towns. Soon, however, the Nazis forced some of the Roma into ghettos alongside the Jews. From there, it was off to forced labor sites and death camps.

The Porajmos had begun.

The Porajmos

The genocide of the Roma began in earnest in December 1942 when SS commander Heinrich Himmler signed an order calling for all the Roma to be forced into concentration camps. Within a few years, the Nazis intended to exterminate every last one of the estimated 1 million Roma living in Europe.

Soon, authorities across Nazi-controlled Europe rounded up every Roma they could find, pulled them out of the ghettos and detention centers, and dragged them off to death camps. There they were gassed by the tens of thousands like so many other victims of the Holocaust.

In the Nazi-controlled parts of the Soviet Union, however, authorities took a more direct approach. The Nazis' mobile death squad, the Einsatzgruppen, went from village to village massacring any Roma they found. They alone slaughtered an estimated 8,000 people.

Human Experimentation

The Roma who survived long enough to make it to the concentration camps were often put through particularly cruel torment before they were killed.

For one, the Nazis used the Roma extensively in their infamous medical experiments. The infamous Dr. Josef Mengele was reportedly partial to experimenting on Roma children. He would bribe them with sweets and toys, have them call him "Uncle Mengele," and then lure them away to the gas chambers or, even worse, into his lab, where he would conduct horrifying experiments on them.

One of the worst stories comes from a Jewish inmate of Auschwitz named Vera Alexander, who witnessed the brutal disfiguration and death of two four-year-old Roma twins named Guido and Ina.

"They had been sewn together, back to back, like Siamese twins," she said. "Their wounds were infected and oozing pus. They screamed day and night. Then their parents-I remember the mother's name was Stella-managed to get some morphine and they killed the children in order to end their suffering."

An Unacknowledged Genocide

Whether due to "experimentation," mass shootings, or gassing in the concentration camps, the Nazis and their collaborators killed an estimated 220,000 Roma (although some less-accepted estimates put the total as high as 1.5 million, a figure that's unlikely to be true given that it exceeds the general consensus as to how many Roma were in Europe before the Porajmos).

Unlike other survivors of the Holocaust, the Roma survivors hardly received any recognition or reparations for the suffering they had endured. In fact, even after the Nazis' reign ended in 1945, racism against the Roma endured to the point that some argued they didn't deserve any redress for the genocide.

The postwar governments of West Germany and the Allies didn't recognize the Roma as victims of racial persecution, blocked calls for reparations, and held the position that the Nazis had targeted them because of their "criminal and asocial elements."

Time and again, the victims of the Romani genocide received neither the attention nor even basic human sympathy given to victims of the Holocaust as a whole. Finally, in 1979, the West German Federal Parliament acknowledged that the Porajmos was a racially-motivated genocide and thus allowed the Roma to become eligible for official reparations. But by this time, many of the survivors had already died.

And it took almost 70 years before the victims of the Porajmos received the kind of public acknowledgment afforded to other groups of Holocaust victims. It wasn't until 2011 that the Roma victims received acknowledgment at Germany's annual Holocaust day of remembrance. The following year, Porajmos victims finally received a monument.

Until then, however, the hundreds of thousands of Roma victims were almost completely ignored or forgotten by the non-Roma world. Though a quarter of their population had been wiped out within just a few short years - and they've been an enduring target of discrimination across Europe even after World War II - it took them nearly seven decades to get the acknowledgement they deserved.
After this look at the genocide of the Roma people during World War II, see some of the most powerful photos taken during the Holocaust. Then, discover what life was like inside the Jewish ghettos of Nazi-controlled Europe.

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The Story Of The Porajmos, When The Nazis Exterminated A Quarter Of Europe's Gypsies

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During the Holocaust, the Nazis and their allies killed about 25 percent of Europe's entire Roma (a.k.a. Gypsy) population. This genocide, known as the Porajmos, remains one of the worst atrocities committed by the Nazis - and it took until 1979 for the German government to commence reparations and until 2011 for the killings to receive an official day of remembrance.

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Genocide never just happens. There is always a set of circumstances which occur or which are created to build the climate in which genocide can take place.

Gregory H Stanton, President of Genocide Watch developed the 10 stages of genocide which explains the different stages which lead to genocide. At each of the earlier stages there is an opportunity for members of the community or the International Community to halt the stages and stop genocide before it happens.

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The Nazis believed that black people threatened their abhorrent ideal of a ‘pure Aryan race’. A short fiilm from the HMT.

https://vimeo.com/630062378

Learn more about persecution of black people 1933 - 1945 from HMT: https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/black-people/

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The Nazis believed that black people threatened their abhorrent ideal of a ‘pure Aryan race’.

Learn more about Nazi persecution of black people here: https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/black-people/

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Persecution of Polish & Slavac citizens 1933 - 1945

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Persecution of Polish & Slavac citizens 1933 - 1945

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Poles and other Slavic peoples (people from countries including Russia, for example) were viewed as inferior, and used for forced labour. Between 1939 and 1945:- *at least 1.5 million Polish citizens were deported to German territory for forced labour, *at least 1.9 million non-Jewish Polish civilians during WW2.

Find a 2 minute read at;

https://hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/non-jewish-poles-and-slavic-pows/

10 minute read: the story of the only known voluntary inmate of Auschwitz, who spent two and a half years gathering intelligence from within the camp.

https://hmd.org.uk/resource/witold-pilecki/

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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Polish and Slavic citizens and POWs

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Between 1939 and 1945, at least 1.5 million Polish citizens were deported to German territory for forced labour. Hundreds of thousands were also imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps. It is estimated that the Nazis killed at least 1.9 million non-Jewish Polish civilians during World War Two.

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Persecution of Lesbian, Gay and Trans  people 1933 - 1945

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Persecution of Lesbian, Gay and Trans  people 1933 - 1945

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Nazi persecution of gay men, lesbians and trans people.

A short film 2 minutes, explains how conceptions of race, gender and eugenics dictated the Nazi regime’s hostile policy on homosexuality. Repression against gay men and lesbians commenced within days of Hitler becoming Chancellor.

Learn more: https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/gay-people/

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Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses 1933 - 1945

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Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses 1933 - 1945

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Jehovah’s Witnesses are a Christian denomination. Believers don’t follow national governments, meaning they won’t salute flags, sing nationalistic songs, take part in politics or serve in the military.

2 minute read at: https://hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/jehovahs-witnesses/

5 minute read: Simone Arnold-Liebster - was born in 1930 into a large extended Roman Catholic Family. When she was eight her mum left the Roman Catholic Church to become a Jehovah’s Witness. Some time later, Simone and her Dad became Jehovah’s Witnesses too and Simone was baptised in 1941.

https://hmd.org.uk/resource/simone-arnold-liebster/

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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Jehovah’s Witnesses

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On 1 April 1935 the Nazis made it illegal to be a Jehovah’s Witness and more than 8,000 of them were imprisoned in prisons or concentration camps. Approximately 1,500 Jehovah’s Witnesses were murdered under the Nazi regime, 250 of whom were executed for refusing to take part in armed conflict.

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Persecution of Disabled people 1933 - 1945

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Persecution of Disabled people 1933 - 1945

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Persecution of Freemasons from 1934 - 1945

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Persecution of Freemasons from 1934 - 1945

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Persecution of political opponents - communists, trade unionists and social democrats 1933 - 1945

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Persecution of political opponents - communists, trade unionists and social democrats 1933 - 1945

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The Holocaust - persecution of Jewish people 1933 - 1945

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The Holocaust - persecution of Jewish people 1933 - 1945

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Nazi Persecution and Genocide of Roma and Sinti communities: Introduction for teachers.  By Friends, Families and Travellers

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Nazi Persecution and Genocide of Roma and Sinti communities: Introduction for teachers.  By Friends, Families and Travellers

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Nazi Persecution and Genocide of Roma and Sinti communities: Introduction for teachers - Friends, Families and Travellers

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Something that should be reported to the police - this would be on Report hate crime | Avon and Somerset Police or 999 if someone is in immediate danger.

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Clicking on the link above navigates away from this sharing space created by the Somerset Interfaith & Belief Network

https://hmd.org.uk/what-is-holocaust-memorial-day/this-years-theme/

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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | HMD 2025 Theme

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For a Better Future is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2025.

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80 candles, 80 years. Somerset's Candle-holder

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80 candles, 80 years. Somerset's Candle-holder

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In May 2024, HMDT invited communities and schools across the UK to design and create 80 unique candleholders. These would honour Jewish individuals murdered in the Holocaust, or non-Jewish people from communities targeted and persecuted by the Nazis.

At the heart of the project is a commitment to learn from the past, for a better future, by illuminating the experiences of those affected by one of the darkest chapters of human history.

Here in Somerset, we were recognised as one of the prestigious 80 candles. Made locally from Somerset willow with handmade symbolic fabric flowers, our Somerset candleholder is a central element in the memorial service on 27/01/2025 before it embarks ‘on tour’ to schools, community venues, libraries, faith settings, local government, museums and other venues to reach as many people as possible throughout the year.

During the year-long tour, we will host practical workshops to encourage schools, communities to make their own candleholders and flowers that can become a legacy of remembrance and to show solidarity for a better future where people are not suffering prejudice or persecution because of their faith, ethnicity or other characteristic.

Contact Liz@glade.org to enquire

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Tackling Holocaust denial and distortion in the classroom - advice & materials from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, 2025

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Tackling Holocaust denial and distortion in the classroom - advice & materials from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, 2025

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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Tackling Holocaust denial and distortion in the classroom

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This resource provides support for teachers on identifying and tackling Holocaust denial and distortion in schools. It provides information on what distortion and denial can look like, and some suggested strategies for managing situations where denial or distortion occur in class.

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No to Hate factsheet  by the United Nations

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No to Hate factsheet  by the United Nations