Members' Business: Holocaust Memorial Day 2018 - 10 January 2018
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 2018-01-10

Adam Tomkins: Holocaust Memorial Day 2018—That the Parliament recognises
that 27 January 2018 marks Holocaust Memorial Day; believes that the day serves as an opportunity for learning institutions, faith groups and communities across Scotland, including in
Glasgow, to remember the six million men, women and children murdered by the Nazi regime in
occupied Europe; notes that the theme of the 2018 memorial day is the Power of Words;
understands that this theme aims to look at how words can make a difference, both for good and
evil; values the Holocaust Education Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz project, which gives two
post-16 students from every school and college in Scotland the opportunity to visit AuschwitzBirkenau;
celebrates the Holocaust survivors who subsequently made Scotland their home; thanks
them for their contribution to Scotland as a nation, and acknowledges the view that anti-Semitism
in all its forms should be challenged without fear or favour.

Published by the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body.

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