Sir Nicholas Winton found homes for children and arranged their safe passage to Britain in WW2 People across the South and South East have been remembering the victims of the Holocaust on Holocaust Memorial day. What is Holocaust Memorial Day? Holocaust Memorial Day takes place every year on 27th January, which is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. The day remembers all those impacted by the atrocity during the Second World War, as well as the genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda, Cambodia and Darfur. It encourages people to think of those who tragically lost their lives, and to honour the survivors.