Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 by equalityanddiversity@manchester.ac.uk

Light the Darkness

equalityanddiversity — 2025-01-15 15:11:12 UTC

You can take part in Holocaust Memorial Day by lighting/displaying a candle safely in your window at 8pm on the 27th January to commemorate those who were persecuted and killed for their identities and to stand against prejudice and hatred that is still going on today.

We will be giving out tealight candles at the Student's Union between 12pm and 2pm on 27th January.

You can also dedicate an action and light a candle in the name of someone who's life was cut short by genocide.

Remembering those whose lives were taken as a result of genocide

equalityanddiversity — 2025-01-15 15:14:08 UTC

Support at the University of Manchester

equalityanddiversity — 2025-01-15 15:18:46 UTC

There are a number of places that you can access support at the University:

Students:

Staff:

Download the SafeZone App

equalityanddiversity — 2025-01-15 15:20:35 UTC

The Safe Zone App is designed to keep you safe and give you peace of mind across campus. Staff and Students can use the app.

You can download it to your phone and use it to call for help around the University Campus as well as on MMU's campus and the University of Salford's campus.

External Support

equalityanddiversity — 2025-01-15 15:27:22 UTC

Other places that you can go to for support include:

The FED - leading social care charity for the Greater Manchester Jewish Community
Voluntary Support Organisations in Greater Manchester
Faith Network 4 Manchester - A network bringing people of different faiths together

Remembering those who liberated camps as part of the allied forces

2025-01-20 15:39:32 UTC

My grandfather who was Jewish, was one of the first allied troops into Belsen. He could never speak of what he found and saw.

Watch the Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 Ceremony on the BBC

equalityanddiversity — 2025-01-21 16:09:12 UTC

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025, the BBC will host a wide range of programming across TV, Radio and Online.

Donate to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

equalityanddiversity — 2025-01-21 16:13:57 UTC

If you would like to, you can donate to the HMD Trust to support their work: https://hmd.org.uk/donate/

Complete our training modules on Antisemitism and Islamophobia

equalityanddiversity — 2025-01-22 15:44:14 UTC

You can access the training modules (for staff) at the following link: https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/equality-groups/religion-or-belief/support/

Click on 'Training' and you will see the two modules.

Never again

2025-01-27 20:21:47 UTC

Remembering today all the lives lost in the Holocaust. Thank you to the university for setting up this page.