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Hope is not a wish. It is an action.

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Join the rally and stand up against anti-Jewish hatred and extremism this Sunday 10th of May at 1pm in Central London.

After a wave of violent attacks against synagogues and Jews in Britain, it is more important than ever to stand alongside our Jewish communities in combatting extreme hatred.

Standing strong. Extinguish antisemitism.

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Article featured in @JewishNewsUK by our Chair of Trustees, Adam Dawson MBE. Read more at https://t.co/uxfgWNALLt

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At the National Holocaust Museum, we stand in solidarity with our friends and colleagues across the Jewish community following the recent attacks on Hatzola ambulances, Finchley Reform Synagogue, Jewish Futures, and Kenton United Synagogue.

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We’re proud to announce that we are now part of @googlearts. For the first time, audiences around the world can explore our collections, exhibitions, and educational work online, bringing Holocaust history and memory beyond our site in Nottinghamshire to a truly global audience.

Through this partnership, hundreds of objects have been digitised in high resolution, alongside new online exhibitions and full virtual tours of the museum, including the Memorial Gardens and our immersive Journey Exhibition. At a time when Holocaust education has never been more important, this marks a major step in ensuring these stories remain accessible, relevant and open to all.

Explore our page at https://t.co/yMd83LWLje

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We are shocked and deeply saddened by the news of the horrific attack on Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green. Our thoughts are with all of those affected by the attack

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Last Thursday night, we continued our 30th Anniversary celebrations with a special fundraising dinner at the Royal Horseguards Hotel, and thanks to our incredible supporters we raised over £300,000 to support our vital work.

From powerful words shared by Holocaust survivor Dr. Martin Stern MBE, to reflections from our co-founder Dr. Stephen Smith MBE and Director of Learning Nicola Strauther, the evening highlighted just how impactful our work continues to be.

Thank you to Lady Fiorella Massey MBE for opening the event, and to our Chair of Trustees, Adam Dawson MBE, for delivering a powerful appeal.

Read more about the evening in coverage from Jewish News and The Jewish Chronicle.

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Happy International Women's Day!

Today we honour the strength, resilience, and courage of women around the world. To celebrate, here are just some of the remarkable women in our family of Holocaust survivors who continue to share their stories, experiences and wisdom with us. We are truly inspired by them every day.

We are lucky enough to still have many Holocaust survivors visit the Museum regularly to share their testimonies. If you are interested in hearing them, visit our website to book your tickets at https://t.co/BieIXsFYDU

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Today marks the start of #WomensHistoryMonth2026. For most women, the Holocaust was, as Professor Myrna Goldenberg described in her book, a case of “Different Horrors, Same Hell.” The social and psychological distinctions between the way that women and men experience their lives were reinforced by almost every aspect of the Holocaust: in the ghettos, in hiding and in the camps.

This month, we will be sharing powerful stories from women who lived through the Holocaust, each offering insight into their experiences and what they continue to teach us today. Follow us to hear their stories and help share them with the world.

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After 6 years as Director of the National Holocaust Museum, Marc Cave will be stepping down at the end of March. Marc has led the Museum with resilience, strength and creative vision through an unprecedented period.

Chair of Trustees Adam Dawson said, “Marc has brought enormous passion and a wonderful creative flair to the museum. We are deeply grateful for his tireless work and wish him every success in the future.”

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Thank you to @bbctheoneshow for featuring the National Holocaust Museum on yesterday's broadcast for Holocaust Memorial Day.

We were honoured to speak about the importance of preserving Holocaust survivors’ voices for generations to come, and the ways in which we keep their legacies alive.

Watch the full segment on BBC iPlayer.

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Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 - 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.

Watch our video 'Bridging Generations'. It honours the generation who survived the Holocaust, to produce new generations - in defiance of the Nazis' intent to eradicate the entire Jewish people.

It is our sacred duty to remember the testimony they have passed on to us. Not, as some would seek, to misremember.

It was a multi-country genocide - an industrial network of roundups, railways, ghettos, slave labour camps, mobile killing squads and gas chambers across 22 countries.

We are the next generation.

We must remember accurately.

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"Auschwitz, Art and Hope".

The flyer for Eva's last talk here at the Museum

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That it was The King who was one of the first to announce Eva Schloss' passing says so much.

Eva was a woman of enormous dignity and grace. Although she continued to visit us up until 2023, she last told her story in public with us in 2021.

It is a remarkable story — not so much because of her step sister Anne Frank but her profound love for her parents and her beloved brother Heinz.

Heinz was murdered at Mauthausen along with their father Erich.

Eva kept her promise to Heinz that, should she survive the war, she would rescue his paintings from beneath the floorboards of their home. They are of haunting value and, thanks to Eva, now display at the Verzets (Resistance) Museum in Amsterdam.

Wishing her daughters Sylvia, Caroline and Jacky only happy memories of this model of dignity.

And 83 years on, may Eva now be reunited with Heinz.

FULL EULOGY TO FOLLOW ON OUR WEBSITE.

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A message from The King following the death of Auschwitz survivor, Eva Schloss.

Eva was Anne Frank’s step-sister, and co-Founder and Honorary President of the @AnneFrankTrust, of which The Queen is Patron. The Trust works to empower young people to challenge prejudice.

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We hope that to people of all faiths and none, the Christmas period brings calm, strengthens family bonds, and re-energises our sense of community.

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all our supporters, volunteers, schools, partners and friends.

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As we light the final candles on our chanukiah, we share this image for the last day of Chanukah, taken at Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands in 1943. It may look like a familiar Chanukah scene, yet most who passed through Westerbork were sent on to Auschwitz, and the fate and identity of the girl pictured are unknown. This photograph bears witness to the resilience and light of Jewish life, even in the darkest of places.

(Image source: Yad Vashem Photo Archives 1922/19)

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Our seventh Chanukah image comes from Westerbork Transit Camp in the Netherlands, 1943. According to survivor Yehudi Ilan, who appears in the photograph, the image was taken on 10 December 1943. The following day, the Germans forbade the lighting of Chanukah candles, and many of the young people pictured were deported to Auschwitz. Amid constant deportations and disease, informal teachers like Leo Blumensohn (pictured on the left, lighting the candle) were determined to pass on Jewish heritage and tradition.

(Image source: Yad Vashem Photo Archives, 1922/14)

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For the sixth day of Chanukah, we share this image from 1947, showing a Chanukah party for Jewish children at the Finkelschlag DP camp in Fürth, Germany. The gifts the children received were donated by families of American servicemen stationed in Nuremberg, bringing moments of light after years of darkness.

(Image source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

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Our image for the fifth day of Chanukah comes from 1916 and shows, perhaps unexpectedly, a group of German soldiers celebrating Chanukah on the Eastern Front. Many of those who fought for Germany during the First World War were, in fact, Jewish.

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons)