{"id":3449,"date":"2024-01-26T10:17:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2024-01-26T10:23:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:23:24","slug":"holocaust-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/01\/26\/holocaust-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Holocaust Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazis and their collaborators systemically murdered millions of Jewish people throughout Europe.\u00a0 We remember this genocide as the Holocaust, and reflect upon it&#8217;s horrific impact on Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmd.org.uk\/\">You can learn more from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>It is important to learn and understand from our history, particularly in these turbulent times.\u00a0 Learning through fiction as well as non fiction helps us to feel the impact of war and persecution beyond the harrowing facts we&#8217;re taught.\u00a0 This Holocaust Memorial Day, try these books to build your empathy and understanding on how people are affected by the devastation of war and discrimination throughout the world, both today and in the past.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/219062\/once\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3457\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100351\/Once-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100351\/Once-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100351\/Once.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/54691\/the-complete-maus-by-art-spiegelman\/9780141014081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3456\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100351\/Maus-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100351\/Maus-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100351\/Maus.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/349690\/the-book-thief\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3454\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100349\/The-Book-Thief-1-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100349\/The-Book-Thief-1-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100349\/The-Book-Thief-1.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/384376\/after-the-war-from-auschwitz-to-ambleside\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3455\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100350\/After-The-War-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100350\/After-The-War-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100350\/After-The-War.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/358224\/chasing-the-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3458\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100352\/When-the-World-was-Ours.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/341680\/salt-to-the-sea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3452\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100347\/Salt-to-the-Sea-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100347\/Salt-to-the-Sea-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100347\/Salt-to-the-Sea.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/341938\/the-diary-of-a-young-girl-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3451\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100345\/Diary-of-a-Young-Girl-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100345\/Diary-of-a-Young-Girl-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100345\/Diary-of-a-Young-Girl.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/382339\/white-bird-a-wonder-story\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3453\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100348\/White-Bird-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100348\/White-Bird-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100348\/White-Bird.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/632472\/white-eagles\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3450\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100344\/White-Eagles-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100344\/White-Eagles-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/01\/26100344\/White-Eagles.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazis and their collaborators systemically murdered millions of Jewish people throughout Europe.\u00a0 We remember this genocide as the Holocaust, and reflect upon it&#8217;s horrific impact on Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January).\u00a0 You can learn more from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. It is important to learn and understand from our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17991,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","category-john-paul-academy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17991"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3459,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions\/3459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}