A special edition of the Antiques Roadshow first broadcast on BBC1 on January 15, 2017 to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, 11 days later on Thursday 27 January. This year's (2026) Holocaust Memorial Day is again on January 27, 2026, just as it is every year, marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, dedicated to remembering the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides, promoting tolerance, and preventing future atrocities by learning from history, with events like candle-lighting and memorial services held globally.

In the video that follows Fiona Bruce and a small team of experts meet a remarkable group of survivors whose lives were shattered by the events of what has come to be known universally as "The Holocaust". This is not another historian’s account of events but the direct recollections of some of the people whose lives were totally upended by the central obscenity of the 20th century.

This material is now 8 years old and every year that goes by leaves fewer people who can give us a first hand account of this almost unimaginable example of human depravity. It must never be forgotten.

The Antiques Roadshow Holocaust Edition

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This special edition of The Antique Roadshow reminds us that there was a time when we could hold our heads high and take pride in the common decency of the British people who welcomed to our shores the innocent certain victims of a psychopathic killer in control of several of our neighbouring states. In this calm and reflective programme we hear the accounts not of historians or journalists narrating the story as detached “experts” but the accounts of the actual people, now grown up and living useful and fulfilled lives with their families in this country.

Holocaust Education

It is often said that the only way to prevent anti-semitism and right wing authoritarian politics from poisoning the minds of the young is education. But very understandably parents and teachers baulk at the idea of introducing such frightning and potentially trraumatising material to young children. How young is too young and how should the content be handled?

Thankfully help is at hand:

For teaching children about the Holocaust near Walthamstow, London, the primary resource is the the Imperial War Museum (IWM) London, which offers free, in-depth, and age-appropriate online resources, as well as the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) which provides online structured, curriculum-aligned materials for schools and other educational institutions.