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On Sunday 26 January 2025, Sandwell Council will be commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day with a service from 11am to 12 noon. Everyone is invited to attend.

The memorial service will be taking place at Memorial Gardens at Highfields House, High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8RJ, and will include a personal testimony from a Holocaust survivor.

Attendees are kindly asked to arrive at Highfields House (Sandwell Register Office) from 10.30am. Light refreshments will be served after the service.

This year Holocaust Memorial Day is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was the largest Nazi concentration camp, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia. 

Mindu Hornick MBE (awarded in services to Holocaust education) will speak on her inspiring yet challenging journey as an Auschwitz and Holocaust survivor.

Sandwell Council will host its Holocaust Memorial service on the closest Sunday (26 January) to Holocaust Memorial Day.
 

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