<p>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&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-705158" _mce_href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-705158">Holocaust</a>.</p> <p>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&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-700932" _mce_href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-700932">Nazi Germany.</a><br _mce_bogus="1"></p> <p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">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. <a href="https://t.co/NhNrhkZbkC" _mce_href="https://t.co/NhNrhkZbkC">pic.twitter.com/NhNrhkZbkC</a><br _mce_bogus="1"></p> — Sir Lindsay Hoyle (@CommonsSpeaker) <a href="https://twitter.com/CommonsSpeaker/status/1603337446426656768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" _mce_href="https://twitter.com/CommonsSpeaker/status/1603337446426656768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2022</a><br _mce_bogus="1"></blockquote> <mce:script _mce_src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></mce:script> <p></p> <p>The moment was received with great emotion and the House of Commons stood together in an impromptu, emotional moment of silence.</p> <div class="hide-for-premium"></div> <p>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.</p>