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Holocaust Memorial Day 2023

  • Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-07484

That the Parliament recognises Holocaust Memorial Day 2023; remembers the six million Jewish people murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of others killed under the Nazi persecution of other minority groups; reflects on and recognises the millions of people who have been systematically murdered since 1945 in genocides perpetrated in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur; notes that Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January, marking the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and that the theme for 2023 is “Ordinary People”; understands that this theme highlights the ordinary people who let genocide happen, the ordinary people who actively perpetrated genocide, and the ordinary people who were persecuted; considers that, today, ordinary people are also the ones who drive Holocaust Memorial Day, who lead on community commemorations, and who support and encourage everyone around them to take part in remembrance and education projects; reflects on how the theme of "Ordinary People" can help people give greater consideration to the role that everyone can play, as individuals, in challenging all forms of discrimination, prejudice and racism, and commits to redoubling efforts to promote education, remembrance and research about the genocide to ensure that the lessons of such events are fully learnt.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Alasdair Allan, Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Neil Bibby, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Katy Clark, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Natalie Don, Bob Doris, Sharon Dowey, Jackie Dunbar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Fergus Ewing, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Pam Gosal, Christine Grahame, Ross Greer, Mark Griffin, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Fiona Hyslop, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Lumsden, Ruth Maguire, Michael Marra, John Mason, Liam McArthur, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Emma Roddick, Mark Ruskell, Colin Smyth, Collette Stevenson, Kaukab Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Evelyn Tweed, Mercedes Villalba, Sue Webber, Tess White, Martin Whitfield, Brian Whittle, Beatrice Wishart