Maritime Hashtag Minute – Sunday 1st February 2026

Each week, Ben Hopkinson looks back at what’s happened the past 7 days and what was trending on Twitter with the Maritime Hashtag Minute. This week’s #MaritimeHashtagMinute was #HolocaustMemorialDay. The day is marked when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated on 27th January 1945. View the Tweets below:

81 years ago Auschwitz was liberated. More than one million children, women and men were murdered there as part of the Holocaust. A dark lesson of history; humanity owes it to each of the victims to ensure it will never happen again.@AuschwitzMuseum #HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/cK6dqLGAyS

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 27, 2026

Once again, I post this @AuschwitzMuseum photo of Istvan Reiner, as I do every year on #HolocaustMemorialDay. The Nazis had given him a ticket punch to play with. Such a radiant, happy little soul, innocent and pure. And then they gassed him, and snuffed him out. #NeverForget🕯️ pic.twitter.com/FiY8nNgmh6

— Adrian Hilton (@Adrian_Hilton) January 27, 2026

81 years ago today the Red Army liberated Auschwitz, freeing over 7,000 prisoners including some 700 children.

We remember the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides across the world.

Never forget where hate and prejudice lead. ¡No pasarán!#HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/3VaMuMYtmG

— Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 (@IrishUnity) January 27, 2026

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, when we remember the 6 million men, women & children murdered, simply for being Jewish, & mark 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp.

Light Up The Darkness. #NeverAgain #HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/8m8rp5sGaA

— Claire Bear (Sorcha) 🇮🇪 💜🤍💚 🫀 (@claire88424030) January 27, 2026

I can still feel the sadness that I felt when my son & I travelled to Poland & visited Auschwitz… This horror must never be forgotten. I still can’t get my head around how people could be so cruel! #HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/nPlb09jUqe

— Lisa (@HelpForMovers) January 27, 2026

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