Holocaust Memorial Day Marked In Market Harborough

Harborough District Council is marking Holocaust Memorial Day by flying the Holocaust Memorial flag on top of the Symington Building.

Today marks 81 years since Auschwitz was liberated and lights outside the Adam and Eve Street building and on The Square will glow purple tonight, to remember the lives lost.

The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day this year is ‘Bridging Generations’ which the Holocaust Memorial Trust describes as a call-to-action and a reminder that the responsibility of remembrance doesn’t end with the survivors – it lives on through their children, their grandchildren and through all of us.

This theme encourages people to engage actively with the past – to listen, to learn and to carry those lessons forward to build a bridge between memory and action, between history and hope for the future.