Holocaust Memorial Day marked in Haringey
On Sunday the Haringey community gathered at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for our special civic event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Each year, communities across the UK and around the world come together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups and during more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
This annual commemoration takes place on and around 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945.
Holocaust Memorial Day provides all of us with an opportunity to learn about the past, as well as a reminder to stay vigilant to the dangers of hatred and division that still exist around us.
Sunday's event featured performances from the Haringey Music Service Wind Trio and Vox Choir, as well as a speech from child survivor of the Holocaust Joan Salter MBE on how she and members of her family overcame great odds to escape Nazi persecution.
There were also speeches from Mayor Cllr Gina Adamou, Leader of Haringey Council Cllr Peray Ahmet, Leader of the Opposition Cllr Luke Cawley-Harrison, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Catherine West, MP for Tottenham David Lammy, former Tottenham Hotspur Player Gary Mabbutt MBE, Holocaust educator Louise Heilbron and Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Committee Cllr Sheila Peacock.
The event closed with prayers and reflections led by faith leaders Rabbi Nicky Liss, Bibi Khan MBE, Father Staffan and Rt Revd Rob Wickham.
Find out about our full programme of events in Haringey to mark Holocaust Memorial Day: https://www.haringey.gov.uk/HMD2023
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