Yom HaShoah: Holocaust survivors against Gaza war say ‘never again for anyone’
Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors in the UK have said they feel a burden of responsibility to speak out against Israel’s continuing war in Gaza as Jewish communities mark Yom HaShoah – Israel’s day of remembrance for the six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany.
This year’s Yom HaShoah, which begins on Wednesday evening, coincides with the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945, as well as the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by British forces.
Thousands of people, including a number of survivors and refugees who escaped to the UK from Nazi-occupied Europe, are set to attend an event in London later on Wednesday at the site of a proposed new Holocaust memorial close to the Houses of Parliament.
Organisers have said the event may be “the last major anniversary where survivors and refugees are present in meaningful numbers”.
