The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

In this podcast, Monica Porter, the daughter of Vali Rácz tells the story of how her mother hid many Jews from the authorities in the Second World War.

Adrien Niyonshuti is an Olympic Mountain Biker for Team Rwanda. He survived the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, but lost many of his family and loved ones. He was the flag-bearer for Rwanda in the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

Dr Klaus Leist reads excerpts of the book As if it were life by Philipp Manes.

Three members of Bishop Hatfield Girls’ School in Hertfordshire tell us why they chose to fundraise for HMD 2012.

In this podcast we speak to Professor Gregory Woods, Professor of Gay and Lesbian Studies at Nottingham Trent University author of the introduction to Pierre Seel’s testimony.

In this podcast we speak to The Reverend Dr Toby Howarth, Secretary for Interreligious Affairs for the Archbishop of Canterbury and Interreligious advisor for the Church of England.

Agnes Grunwald-Spier is the author of The Other Schindlers, and a Trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. In this podcast she tells us about the book and what inspired her to write it.

Mark Curtis is the director of two theatre companies and deliver bespoke workshops for HMD.

Sharon Dogar, author of the children’s novel Annexed talks about her inspiration for writing the book.

Richard Goldstein from the LJCC talks to us about their work.

Martin Winstone, author of The Holocaust Sites of Europe talks to HMDT.

In this podcast we speak to Esmond Rosen and Fiyaz Mughal, who worked on The Role of Righteous Muslims.

Iby Knill recounts her experiences during the Holocaust.

Jean Louis Mazimpaka survived the Rwandan genocide and moved to the UK in 1999.This is his story.

Stonewall Chief Executive Ben Summerskill discusses the persecution of Gay men and Lesbians under the Nazi regime and discusses why Holocaust Memorial Day is an important day in the equalities calendar in the UK.

Lars Waldorf is a lecturer in Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London and an expert on the Rwandan genocide.

In this podcast we are talking to Holocaust survivor Trude Silman. Trude is still researching what happened to her relatives, and has never found out what happened to some of those who stayed behind.

In this podcast we talk to Var Hong Ashe. Var is the author of From Phomn Pehn to Paradise and survived the Cambodian genocide. She has lived in the UK since 1979.

A recording of General Romeo Dallaire’s speech from the HMD06 National Commemoration.

In this podcast we speak to Cathy Ashley, Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.