Holocaust memorial day

BBC apologizes for omitting mention of Jews in multiple Holocaust Memorial Day broadcasts

The BBC has apologized for failing to mention Jews in its Holocaust Memorial Day broadcasts, prompting backlash from Jewish groups who criticized the omission as disrespectful and harmful.

A person walks outside BBC Broadcasting House. November 16, 2025.
US and Saudi flags flutter along a highway of Riyadh, as pictured through the glass of a car, ahead of the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 12, 2025.

US Embassy in Saudi Arabia hosts its first Holocaust Remembrance Day event

FILE PHOTO: Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019.

Hamas seeks a role for its police force in Gaza, Trump and Tehran in talks

A recreated train car stands as a memorial at the former loading ramp in Bergen-Belsen, Germany, April 15, 2015.

Deutsche Bahn’s new rail plan cannot be allowed to erase a vital Holocaust memory site - opinion


European Parliament suspends MEP who disrupted Holocaust moment of silence

European Parliament Member Grzegorz Braun was suspended for thirty days from the European Parliament after disrupting the moment of silence "for the next victims of the Jewish genocide in Gaza."

 Grzegorz Braun, member of far-right political alliance Confederation, speaks during a parliament session, after he used a fire extinguisher to put out the Hanukkah menorah candles, at the Parliament in Warsaw, Poland December 12, 2023.

Israel's ambassador to Germany accuses 'Der Spiegel' of abusing Holocaust memory

Prosor referred to an interview, which was published on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, by Der Spiegel with Israeli-American historian Omer Bartov.

The site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Survivors cry ‘never again’ at Auschwitz’s 80th liberation anniversary

‘I thought that to be a Jewish child means you have to die,’ Tova Friedman tells world leaders

 Holocaust survivor Leon Weintraub

Herzog invokes Oct. 7, criticizes UN's anti-Zionism in Holocaust remembrance remarks

Herzog accused the UN and the International Criminal Court for "exhibiting moral bankruptcy" and blurring the distinction between good and evil. 

Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during a ceremony marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the United Nations headquartes in New York City, January 27,

WATCH: Hostage families attend memorial at Auschwitz

"It's very hard because ... what's happened in 7th October is feeling like another Holocaust or pogrom in the kibbutz Nir Oz."

 Auschwitz

From Auschwitz to TikTok: how Lily Ebert inspired millions - opinion

This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme, “For a Better Future,” is a powerful reminder that remembrance alone is not enough.

 Lily Ebert (Left) standing next to her great-grandson Dov Forman (Right)

'Never forget', says UK's Queen Camilla at Holocaust remembrance event

Camilla said it was crucial to remember the Holocaust given anti-Semitism was at its highest level for a generation.

 Britain's Queen Camilla, patron of the Anne Frank Trust, lights a candle during a reception for Holocaust Memorial Day at the Hilton Park Lane in London, Britain, January 23, 2025.

Starmer vows to fight 'poison of antisemitism' ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, attended a reception on Downing Street to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

 Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a book as he sits beside Holocaust survivor Renee Salt, right, during a reception in Downing Street to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in London, Britain, Jan. 22, 2025.

British Islamic org. calls for boycott of Holocaust Memorial Day

The IHRC said it was "morally unacceptable" that Gaza was not considered a "genocide" alongside the Holocaust.

 Visitors tour an exhibition ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day, at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

The Holocaust in Latvia: Remembering Simon Dubnow - opinion

His work, initially in Russia, includes one of the first comprehensive descriptions of Jewish history in the context of world history.

 THEN-LATVIAN PRESIDENT Egils Levits speaks to members of the media at the Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, in Malmo, Sweden, in 2021. The writer cites that 70,000 – three quarters – of Latvia’s Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.