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Liverpool to mark Holocaust Memorial Day with online service

27 January 202225 January 2022 by Louise Powney

Lord Mayor of Liverpool lays a wreath to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2022

PEOPLE in Liverpool are encouraged to pause this week and remember victims of persecution as the city marks national Holocaust Memorial Day. For the second year, the annual service was made available on the Town Hall website. The service will include an Act of Commitment from the Rector of Liverpool, the Reverend Canon Dr Crispin … Read more

Holocaust Memorial Day in Liverpool marked in verse

25 January 2019 by James Lynch

This year’s event on Friday 25 January marked the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Powerful words: The launch of the poetry competition at Liverpool Town Hall, last November A series of poems written by local people will be read out at Liverpool’s Holocaust Memorial Day service, on Friday 25 January. The theme for this … Read more