In 1995, the Smith brothers founded the National Holocaust Centre in the United Kingdom to teach current and future generations to carefully examine and learn from past tragedies. However, as genocide and crimes against humanity continued through the 1990’s in places like Bosnia, Rwanda and Kosovo, the Smith brothers reached two conclusions:
1) remembrance of past atrocities, such as the Holocaust Centre, was not sufficient to prevent future genocides; and
2) there are predictable steps that lead to genocide and this holds the key to prevention.
With this information, they carried forward their deep commitment to the prevention of genocide and other atrocities by founding The Aegis Trust.