Increasingly, teachers are opting out of marking Holocaust Memorial Day, with many deeming the Holocaust “controversial” amid public concern about the war in Gaza and anger over the actions of the Israeli government. A day about humanity should never have been turned into a political act, says Lauren Libbert. H arry Olmer MBE came to Britain in 1945, 17 years old, traumatised, alone, his parents and three of his siblings had been murdered by the Nazis. For three years, he managed to survive the