National Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration

NEWS / 2 February 2023

Stratford College senior students and staff attended the National Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration at the Mansion House on Sunday 29th January. As part of the ceremony students from Stratford College, read from the Scroll of Names, remembering the victims of the Holocaust.

Organised by the Holocaust Education Trust of Ireland (HETI), Professor O’Dowd, from Trinity College said "Holocaust Memorial Day cherishes the memory of all the people who perished and recalls the millions of victims who were persecuted because of their ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliations or their religious beliefs.”The commemoration includes readings, survivors’ recollections, the Scroll of Names, candle-lighting and music.

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