Ceremonies mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023

Schoolpupils from St Leonard’s CE Primary School, Bridgnorth and St John’s Catholic Primary School, Bridgnorth have planted a cherry tree at each of their schools to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) today.

These cherry trees will add to the orchard of remembrance that is gradually being grown across Shropshire, following on from the tree planted at Sheriffhales Primary School in 2022.

Holocaust Memorial Day is a time to remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust under Nazi persecution, and in the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

Shropshire Council has worked with South Shropshire Interfaith Forum and Shrewsbury Interfaith Forum to organise ceremonies with the two Bridgnorth schools, which were attended by Kirstie Hurst-Knight and Christian Lea, the local Shropshire councillors for Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts, and to share the national HMD theme for this year, which is ‘Ordinary People’.

Additionally, the South Shropshire Interfaith Forum is holding a commemorative service on Sunday 29 January 2023 at 5pm at the United Reform Church in Church Stretton, to which all are invited.