Posted on 12/15/22
| News Source: JPost
UK Parliament stood together for a moment of silence on Thursday afternoon to mark 80 years since the House of Commons was first officially made aware of the Holocaust.
On December 17, 1942, then-foreign secretary Anthony Eden confirmed in a speech to the House of Commons that European Jews were being exterminated by Nazi Germany.
Today I led a one-minute silence to mark 80 years since the UK first publicly recognised what we now know as the Holocaust. The Government’s shocking announcement in December 1942 prompted a spontaneous moment of silence - reported to be the first in the history of the Chamber. pic.twitter.com/NhNrhkZbkC
— Sir Lindsay Hoyle (@CommonsSpeaker) December 15, 2022
The moment was received with great emotion and the House of Commons stood together in an impromptu, emotional moment of silence.
On Thursday, 80 years later almost to the day, Hoyle led a one-minute moment of silence to mark the historic occasion. Holocaust survivors were in attendance, standing among UK Parliament in the Speakers Gallery.