To mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 27^th January, Steve Maltz from Saltshakers – a Christian ministry witnessing to the Jewish roots of the Christian faith – shares his thoughts about why this day is more important than ever in light of current events

This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day is perhaps like none other since the UK government cemented it into the national calendar in 2001. And the reason for that is, ironically, the firmest evidence for the need for it. 

“Never Again” was the slogan adopted by a shocked world in the 1940s, when the enormity of the Nazi genocide of the Jews and others finally sunk in. It was first mouthed by survivors of Buchenwald concentration camp and the formation of the State of Israel brought a perceived solution to this longing. From now on the Jewish people, the most reviled and persecuted human group in history, were going to have a safe haven, when “never again” could surely become a reality. This held true…until… (Register to read the rest of the article)