We will hold our annual Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Lansdown Hall (as we did last year) from 2-3pm on Sunday January 26th. More information below.
This Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia.
The event will be presented by Adam Horovitz, poet and member of Community Solidarity Stroud District, and will feature the following speakers from anti-racist, community and faith groups:
- Liz Whiteside from Stroud District Together With Refugees
- Tony Davey, the Mayor of Stroud
- Andy Woolley from Stroud Trades Council
- Steve Saville, Curate of Stroud Parish Churches
- Joel Levy from the Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community will say Kaddish, the Jewish mourning prayer
- Mustafa Davies from the Stroud Muslim Prayer Hall
- Colin Levine from Gloucestershire Na’amod
- Rami Emad, Stroud resident and Syrian Refugee
- Ela Pathnak Sen from Stroud against racism
The Stroud Red Band will also perform at a variety of points during the event
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s Theme for 2025 is “For a better future”. They say: “There are many things we can all do to create a better future. We can speak up against Holocaust and genocide denial and distortion; we can challenge prejudice; we can encourage others to learn about the Holocaust and more recent genocides.”
We look forward to seeing you at what we hope will be a powerful event.
Community Solidarity Stroud District 
Thank you for organising a very respectful and thought provoking event today. Im already on the mailing list but would like to know how to get more directly involved. I like many others there today am fearful of the rise of right wing extremism and the impact of Trump’s presidency on global issues of justice and equality. We must all do what we can to keep hatred at bay. Thank you and best wishesHelen CresseySent from my Galaxy
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