Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place on 27 January each year and is a time to remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

It marks the Holocaust and other atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis, including against the six million Jews who were murdered, and atrocities against people with disabilities, Sinti and Roma communities, people who were black or Slavic eg from Poland, and people who were gay.

Schoolchildren at Ludlow Primary School will plant a memorial cherry tree on the morning of Holocaust Memorial Day, Monday 27 January. This will involve South Shropshire Interfaith Forum, the school itself, and the local Shropshire Council councillors. Children will think about the theme for the year, “for a better future”, say prayers and light a candle, and the school will make a promise to look after their tree. This will be the twentieth tree in the cherry tree orchard of remembrance being grown across Shropshire.

For more details of this and other local and national activities, please see resource pack and HMD Trust website.