Holocaust

Leacsaidh MacDonald Marlow Holocaust Memorial (or Remembrance) Day (HMD) occurs on the 27th of January. It is an internationally observed day commemorating the millions of victims killed in the Holocaust, during the period of widespread Nazi persecution. It is also a day in which we observe and remember the...

UoN and NTU collaborated to host an event to honour Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), the evening ended with attendees being invited to reflect on the atrocities of the Holocaust through a performance from Viva Voce choir and a beautifully heartfelt vigil at the top of Portland steps. Impact’s Lottie...

Joanna Millan was a survivor of the Holocaust who came to share her experiences at the University of Nottingham during an event held on the 16th of February. After attending the talk, Felix supplies Impact Magazine with a summary. ...

Bill Edmonds For Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022, Nottingham student Bill Edmonds, who is a Regional Ambassador for the Holocaust Educational Trust, reminds us why almost a century on from the Holocaust, it’s vital to keep its memory alive.  I had just turned eighteen when I first visited Auschwitz. Although...

As I left my home on the freezing 4th of November morning in 2015, weary-eyed and barely awake, I felt a knot in the pit of my stomach for what the day ahead would hold. I was making the mammoth journey to Krakow, Poland and back in just one...

Poignant and purposeful, Back to Berlin is at once both a fascinating and hugely moving work, that quite literally uses its travelling lens to trace and reflect on some of the most chilling moments of Europe’s darkest century. “In spite of everything, we are here” These are the words of a...

Universities have been urged to tackle anti-semitism on campus following a series of incidents reported at Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sussex and University College London where Holocaust denial leaflets, fascist stickers and swastikas have been found around campuses.  Academics, student representatives and experts on anti-semitism are concerned about the impact that...