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Criticism from Jewish Groups and Advocates
Jewish organizations, including the Holocaust Educational Trust, have condemned the IHRCs letter as a deliberate campaign to undermine the unique significance of the Holocaust. Karen Pollock CBE, the trust’s chief executive, stated:
“Just days before we mark Holocaust Memorial Day, 80 years since the liberation of the notorious concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, we are appalled to see that the Islamic Human Rights Commission continues this tasteless campaign to undermine such a significant day. Their cynical attempt to denigrate the memory of the Holocaust by drawing false parallels between the Holocaust—a unique and unprecedented episode in history—and unrelated current events, will not succeed.”
This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and also acknowledges genocides recognized by the UK government, such as those in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Darfur. The IHRC’s request to include Gaza has been viewed as an attempt to equate contemporary political conflicts with the systematic extermination of six million Jews during World War II.
IHRC’s Campaign Against Holocaust Memorial Day
In December 2023, the IHRC sent letters to 460 councils and universities, urging them to boycott the 2025 Holocaust commemorations after organizers refused to include Gaza as a recognized genocide.
