Holocaust Memorial Day ( HMD , 27 January ) is a national commemoration day in the United Kingdom dedicated to the remembrance of those who suffered in The Holocaust , under Nazi Persecution , and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia , Rwanda , Bosnia , and Darfur . It was first held in January 2001 and has been on the same date every year since . The chosen date is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet Union in 1945 , the date also chosen for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and some other national Holocaust Memorial Days
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Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)