Royal patron for Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
Howard Lake | 6 September 2005 | News
Her Majesty the Queen will be patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, launched this week to take over responsibility from the Home Office for the delivery of Holocaust Memorial Day from 2006 onwards.
Holocaust Memorial Day, marked in the UK since 2001, falls on 27th January and commemorates all victims of Nazi persecution and aims to show how the events of the Holocaust remain relevant to everyone in the UK today.
Stephen Smith, Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust said: “The Trust is honoured that Her Majesty the Queen has agreed to be patron. The foundations laid by the Home Office, with the support of the Her Majesty the Queen, provide us with every confidence to build a meaningful and embracing national day of remembrance and learning. The other Trustees and I are already working on the 2006 event, the theme of which is ‘One Person Can Make a Difference’.”
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