Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2021

This year BASW will be supporting Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) – the international day on 27 January - to raise awarness of HMD and remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi Persecution and in genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

In addition to singling out Jews for complete annihilation, the Nazis targeted for discrimination and persecution, anyone they believed threatened their ideal of a ‘pure Aryan race’.

The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2021 is Be the light in the darkness.

It encourages everyone to reflect on the depths humanity can sink to, but also the ways individuals and communities resisted that darkness to ‘be the light’ before, during and after genocide.

Please join us on 27 January to support Holocaust Memorial Day:

• Holocaust Memorial Day - Using the past to inform future practice for social workers.  Join us on Holocaust Memorial Day, hear from Holocaust survivors and consider the implications for current social work practice
• Holocaust Memorial Day - 27th January 2021: ‘Be the light in darkness’ Light a candle and place it in your window at 8pm on the 27 January 2021
• Use social media to raise awareness of HMD, sharing images and messages using #HolocaustMemorialDay #HMD2021 #LightTheDarkness
• Share content such as a blog or poem with BASW to share on our website.  Please get in touch with the team at comms@basw.co.uk
• Let us know how you are marking this important day either on social media or contact the team at comms@basw.co.uk
• BASW event:  Holocaust Memorial Day - Using the past to inform future practice for social workers.  Join us on Holocaust Memorial Day, hear from Holocaust survivors and consider the implications for current social work practice.  Find out more and book your place
• Use and share resources on the HMD website.