Medway's communities will come together for Holocaust Memorial Day

Medway’s communities will come together in memory of the millions of people who lost their lives during the Holocaust on Thursday, 26 January. 

Memorial services will be held across the country to honour those who were affected by the Holocaust. 

Every year the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) suggests a theme for services and this year they’ve chosen Ordinary People. The theme highlights the ordinary people who let genocide happen, the ordinary people who actively perpetrated genocide, the ordinary people who became rescuers during genocide, and the ordinary people who were persecuted.

Since 2004, the Medway commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day has been organised jointly by Medway Council, Chatham Memorial Synagogue, Rochester Cathedral and the Medway Inter-Faith Action Forum. In 2010 they were joined by the Medway Youth Council. These five organisations are committed to ensuring that the Holocaust and other human atrocities are never forgotten.

Medway’s Holocaust Memorial Day event will be held at Rochester Cathedral, on Thursday 26 January, from 5.30pm. 

The event will include presentations, readings, poetry and prayers by local schools, religious communities, Medway Youth Council, Medway Inter-Faith Action and Kent Police.

There will also be an exhibition of artwork created by schools. The exhibition will be on display at Rochester Cathedral on Thursday 26 January until Sunday 5 February and Chatham Library (TBC) on Monday 6 February until Tuesday 28 February.