Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day is the international day of remembrance as designated by the United Nations. It commemorates victims and survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi persecutions, as well as other worldwide genocides.

The theme from the Holocaust Memorial Trust for 2012 was Speak Up, Speak Out and the ceremony took place on Sunday 22 January in the beautiful neo-classical Town Hall.

Programme

1.30pm-2pm

Music - Town Hall Organ
Visitors are invited to light a candle of remembrance

2pm

Welcome - Councillor Paul Tilsley MBE
Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council

Candle Lighting Ceremony

Minute’s Silence

Speaker - Mindu Hornick, Holocaust Survivor

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust DVD

Speaker - Prudentienne Seward, Rwandan Survivor

Al Hijrah Choir

Poem - Jan Watt, Birmingham’s Poet Laureate

Speaker - Imandeep Kaur, Widow’s Testimony from the 1984 Sikh Genocide

Poem - First They Came, read by Damani Dennisur, Birmingham's Young Poet Laureate

Prayer - Abdul Rashid, on behalf of the Birmingham Faith Leaders Group

Prayer - Rabbi Yossi Jacobs

Statement of Commitment - Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Anita Ward

4pm

Event Close

Holocaust Memorial Day is organised in conjunction with community organisations by Birmingham City Council. For more information call 0121 303 3008.

Holocaust Memorial Trust information and useful resources are available at: www.hmd.org.uk

Travel to Birmingham city centre:

Travel to Birmingham Snow Hill with Chiltern Railways.

Useful city centre parking information.

To plan your journey by public transport call 0870 608 2608 or visit Network West Midlands