About

Yom Hashoah Manchester is one of the largest annual Jewish commemorations of the Holocaust in the UK.

Yom Hashoah Manchester is a charity (registered 1171724) whose remit is to manage this event and support Holocaust education in the Manchester region.

Yom Hashoah Manchester is run by a committee of dedicated volunteers who feel passionate about remembering those who were brutally murdered during the Holocaust, honouring them, and those who survived by providing a moving and informative annual event on Yom Hashoah.

"Shoah" is the Hebrew word for Holocaust.

The Holocaust was one of the darkest moments in human history. It is vital that as the number of survivors gets ever smaller, we all work to ensure the next generation are told their stories, are educated about the Holocaust and learn the important lessons for today.

I am proud to work with the Yom Hashoah committee to make sure this happens here in Greater Manchester, alongside our city-region’s wider Jewish community.

Andy Burnham ~ Mayor of Greater Manchester

Our Patrons

richard littlejohn

Richard Littlejohn

'Holocaust remembrance is an essential prerequisite for understanding the need for eternal vigilance in the face of the existential threat to the Jewish state from Islamist fascists and the re-emergence from under their stone of home-grown anti-Semites in Britain.’ :::: Richard Littlejohn is an author, broadcaster , journalist. and Daily Mail columnist.
marina smith mbe

Marina Smith

“By keeping the memory alive we can say, ‘This is what happened in Europe when prejudice and discrimination took control; this is what will always happen.’ In the present climate, this isn't just a historical thing; it has immediacy.” :::: Educator and Co-founder of the National Holocaust Centre
mark adlestone

Mark Adlestone

The Holocaust endures as the darkest moment in human history. In memorialising those six million Jewish people murdered by Nazi brutality, we remember what man is capable of. With Yom Hashoah, Manchester, I am honoured to play a part in honouring survivors and spreading the message that we must never forget. :::: Mark Adlestone is Chairman of Beaverbrooks the Jewellers, plays a hands-on role with many charities, and will soon become the next High Sheriff of Manchester.
david eventhall

David Eventhall

Having visited Auschwitz on two occasions and being privileged to have met many survivors, over the years, I recognise that at the very least, I must do what I can to safeguard the memory of the Holocaust, promote tolerance and endeavour to protect the multi-cultural society in which we live. :::: David is presently Vice Chairman of TheFED. He also supports community initiatives in the UK and Israel.
lindsey kushner

Judge Lindsey Kushner

It is crucial to keep the memory alive of what happened in the Holocaust and the circumstances which gave rise to it in order to stop it never happening again.
michael woods

Prof Michael Wood

ruth deech

Baroness Ruth Deech

nick freeman

Nick Freeman

In 1938, my family took in a young Kindertransport refugee, Harry Kornhauser, who had fled the Nazis in his native Germany. Even now, it seems so hard to believe that so much hatred could be directed at innocent men, women, children and babies because they were Jewish. We must never forget the Holocaust, a time when mankind looked into the abyss. And we must fight to destroy the poison of anti-semitism.
daniel finkelstein

Daniel Finklestein

col. laurence rees

Col. Laurence Rees