Welcome to the Holocaust Memorial website

Northern Ireland has held Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorations since 2002, the first being in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall. Subsequent commemorations took place in Armagh, Londonderry, Enniskillen, Lisburn and in the Great Hall, Parliament Buildings. In 2004 Belfast’s Waterfront Hall hosted the National UK Commemoration.

The theme of the 2009 commemoration was 'Stand Up To Hatred' .

The commemoration was held in The Braid, Ballymena Town Hall Museum and Arts Centre on Tuesday 27th January 2009.

Holocaust Memorial Day seeks to influence the future by learning from and remembering the past. An educational resource has been developed for use in schools as part of the new curriculum for learning and development. The resource complements the objectives for Holocaust Memorial Day. It provides an opportunity for teachers from various subjects to engage their pupils with an historic event of the twentieth century that has contemporary relevance for all our lives today.