Read on to see a synopsis of one of the days of the trip, and thoughts on memorialisation.

UJS is excited to announce that the Government have committed to fund our educational programme combatting campus antisemitism, in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust.

As part of our role as UJS Sabbatical Officers, we received many different opportunities throughout the year to support our students. 

You can’t not go! When you go somewhere people always ask ‘how was it?’ And words can never express the intensity of what you’ve experienced.

Lord Eric Pickles, Chair of the Conservative Friends of Israel and co-Chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation Advisory Board, spoke of the need to learn the lessons of history in order to eradicate hatred today.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid MP and UJS President Hannah Rose discuss politics, prejudice and policies.

This weekend marks the 80^th anniversary of the first Kindertransport. This is an important time to commemorate and thank the UK government for the important work done for refugee children in the 1930's. 

There is no doubt that this has been one of the most inspirational and insightful weeks of my life. I feel it can be summed up in one word – a journey.

Abdi visited Auschwitz-Birkenau with UJS and HET last week

Walking through the gates of the first Auschwitz camp was a genuinely harrowing experience.