Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day Northern Ireland
The theme for 2011 has been announced. Find out more by visiting the Holocaust Memorial Day website.
Holocaust Memorial Day seeks to influence the future by learning from and remembering the past. An educational resource has been developed for use in schools as part of the new curriculum for learning and development.
Northern Ireland has held Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorations since 2002, the first being in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall. Subsequent commemorations took place in Armagh, Londonderry, Enniskillen, Lisburn, Parliament Buildings and earlier this year in Ballymena. In 2004 Belfast’s Waterfront Hall hosted the National UK Commemoration.
The theme of the 2010 commemoration was:
The resource complements the objectives for Holocaust Memorial Day. It provides an opportunity for teachers from various subjects to engage their pupils with an historic event of the twentieth century that has contemporary relevance for all our lives today.
