Salisbury's Guildhall will welcome invited representatives of communities, groups, organisations and faiths from across the city at 10.30am on January 27

Salisbury to remember and look to a “better future” this Holocaust Memorial Day

Tait ap EllisJanuary 8, 20250 Comment0

HOLOCAUST Memorial Day is set to be marked by the Salisbury community for the third year later this month.

Taking place on January 27, the international day remembers the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups and in genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in occupied Poland, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia.

Salisbury’s Guildhall will welcome invited representatives of communities, groups, organisations and faiths from across the city at 10.30am on January 27.

“The event will include readings, presentations and music for reflection alongside many of the familiar aspects from previous years, including a minute of silence and the reading of the Stockholm Statements of Commitment,” a Salisbury City Council spokesperson said.

“This has become a core moment of the city’s response to this day, creating an opportunity to collectively state that Salisbury ‘will continue to encourage Holocaust remembrance by holding an annual Holocaust Memorial Day.

“‘We condemn the evils of prejudice, discrimination and racism. We value a free, respectful, and democratic society’ [according to] the Stockholm Statement of Commitment 7.'”

College and school students will mark this year’s theme of looking to a better future by speaking about what these dark moments in global history mean to them today and to look at active ways to combat discrimination.

A spokesperson added: “Poems from last year’s memorial poetry competition will be displayed alongside resources and materials from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and the Banqueting Hall at the Guildhall will be open to the public from midday until 5pm for those who are unable to attend the event but wish to sign the memorial book and take a moment to reflect.”

Those wishing to attend are asked to register their details via an online form by clicking here or by calling 01722 417100.

Anyone wishing to represent a group or to take part in the event is asked to contact Salisbury City Council’s communities team at communities@salisburycitycouncil.gov.uk or call the office at 01722 417 100.

Find out more about this year’s theme on the Holocaust Memorial Day website.