Holocaust Memorial Day

Cheltenham and District Trades Union Council

We celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the legacy of this with the testimonies of  three survivors of genocide

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Holocaust Memorial Day is an opportunity each year for people around the UK to stand together with those in their local community, across boundaries of faith, age and ethnicity. We all learn about those affected by genocide around the world and take action for the futureIn Cheltenham we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the legacy of this important day with the testimonies of three survivors of genocide from Auschwitz, Rwanda and Bosnia in the hope that we may build a safer world for all people whatever their beliefs or racial identities.10:00 - Registration10:30 - Victoria Hart of Unite the Union who will speak about their &quot;Unity over Division&quot; campaign against the far-right11:30 - Mirsad Solakovic - Actor and author of The Boy Who Said Nothing: A Child&#x27;s Story of Fleeing Conflict13:00 - Lunch14:00 - Marie Chantal Uwamahoro - Deputy Chair of URUMURI15:30 - Iby Knill - Author of The Woman Without a Number and The Women With Nine Lives17:00 - End

Interview with Mirsad Solakovic about his book The Boy Who Said Nothing.

Video about approximately one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus being murdered in the Genocide in Rwanda in 100 days in 1994 .

A short film of Iby Knill reading her poem 'I Was There'.

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