Holocaust Memorial Day

Every year we host a commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day. In addition to a service, and an evening showing of a film about the Holocaust, we also organise an event for Sixth Formers and Year 10 and 11 students which contextualises the Holocaust and other genocides, and features a number of speakers including survivors of genocides, including the Shoah.

This event for schools normally takes place on a week day morning, from around 10:00 - 12:00 on a weekday closest to Holocaust Memorial Day itself, in 2020 this will be on Tuesday 28th January. The event also features music, poetry and an act of reflection. 

Our events in the previous years have included the powerful testimonies of John Dobai and Ruth Barnett, both Holocaust survivors and Ganza Gahizi Dieudonne, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. Our events have also featured the Dean of Lichfield, Adrian Dorber and a number Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassadors.

The event is suitable for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 students. Places can be booked by contacting education@lichfield-cathedral.org. 

Below are some of the images of our previous events.