of Holocaust and genocide survivors screened on big screens in cities across the UK, projected onto London's Royal Festival Hall, and used in dozens of local HMD commemorations. 70 candles for 70 years with Sir Anish Kapoor Sir Anish Kapoor designed 70 special commemorative candles, which were lit at 70 HMD activities around the UK, demonstrating the breadth and diversity of the commemorations in every part of the country. Six candles were lit at the UK Commemorative Ceremony to represent the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and a candle was taken to Auschwitz Birkenau by Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Holocaust Memorial Day event in Parliament 2010 In 2010, Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn co-chaired an event at the Houses of Parliament in which Holocaust analogies were used to criticise the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians, with the main talk by anti-Zionist Auschwitz survivor, 9/11 conspiracy theorist, and Pearl Harbour conspiracy theorist, Hajo Meyer. The event was criticised by Jon Benjamin, Board of Deputies chief executive, who said: "This latest attempt to exploit the most painful chapter in Jewish history in order to berate and demonise Israel is among the most despicable." One audience member, the Holocaust survivor Rubin Katz, said that "the room was brimming with raging hatred, directed at Israel and Jews." Other commentators saw things differently. One complained, in the Jewish Chronicle, about the presence of "Zionist hecklers who shamed Holocaust Memorial events". One eye-witness complained about "the hounding of 85-year old Dr. Meyer, and the bellows of ‘boring!’ every time any survivor of a different genocide tried to tell about their experience." Eye-witnesses claim that another pro-Israel protester shouted "Sieg Heil" and gave a Nazi salute. Jonathan Hoffman, a vice-chair of the Zionist Federation, confirming his involvement in this protest, wrote that "the meeting descended into chaos no fewer than nine times, as we protested." Hoffman later justified the protests at Hajo Meyer's talk, claiming that Meyer was "a raging anti-Semite. The fact that he was in Auschwitz for ten months is entirely irrelevant." In 2018, when he was asked about his involvement with the meeting, Corbyn said that "Views were expressed at the meeting which I do not accept or condone. In the past, in pursuit of justice for the Palestinian people and peace in Israel/Palestine, I have on occasion appeared on platforms with people whose views I completely