The Holocaust

The Holocaust (The Shoah in Hebrew) was the attempt by the Nazis and their collaborators to murder all the Jews in Europe. From the time they assumed power in Germany in 1933, the Nazis used propaganda, persecution, and legislation to deny human and civil rights to German Jews. They used centuries of antisemitism as their foundation. Below you will read several personal stories from people who experienced this firsthand.

Ivor Perl

Susan Pollack

The Veseli Family

Renee Bornstein

Béla Guttmann

You can learn more about The Holocaust on the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s website here:

https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/the-holocaust/

These resources are produced by Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, the charity that promotes and supports Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) in the UK. HMD is an international day on 27 January to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, and the millions of people killed under Nazi Persecution and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. You can find more life stories and free teaching materials and resources at www.hmd.org.uk/resources.

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