Prince William will lead the nation in commemorations for Holocaust Memorial Day. The Prince of Wales is set to do a reading at a special service at London’s Guildhall attended by survivors and guests from around the world who have spent their lives fighting extremism.
As part of this year’s event on January 27, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia, the prince’s speech be in line with the theme “for a better future”.
Ceremonies held across the world, will remember the six million Jewish men, women, and children who were murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution, and those killed in other genocides such as in Rwanda, Srebrenica, and Cambodia.
On the same day the King will travel for the first time to the Auschwitz-Birkenau site in Poland as part of a one day visit to the country. A royal source said: “As part of an unending commitment to remember those who perished and suffered from the horrors of the past, the Prince of Wales is honoured to take part in such an important commemoration.”.
In 2020, Prince William and wife Kate when they were styled the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, joined Holocaust survivors at Westminster’s Central Hall to mark the 75 year anniversary. During the poignant commemorative ceremony, William read an extract from a letter written by a friend of his great-grandmother, Princess Alice, which described her efforts to save Jews in Athens.
