In advance of Holocaust Memorial Day 2024, community groups and dignitaries came together for a ceremony in the Great Hall, within the Guildhall, Northampton on Friday 26 January.
The service was introduced by Stuart Richmond-Watson, Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire and was concluded by the Blowing of the Shofar by Bruce Greenberg. After which the congregation were led into the Guildhall courtyard to lay flowers and light candles.
HMD 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and this year’s theme was Fragility of Freedom. This reflected on how freedom is fragile and vulnerable to abuse. Genocide never just happens, there are always a set of circumstances which occur or are created to build the climate within which it can take place.
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