Each year tens of thousands of activities take place across the UK to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). As we get closer to January, explore our interactive map to see HMD activities happening in 2026. Enter your post code to find activities near you - those marked 'public' are open to everyone.
A service to be held at Newport Cathedral.
The service will predominantly be led by school pupils with a reading undertaken by The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Newport.
Pupils from a local Comprehensive school will undertake two other...
Join us on Tuesday 27th January as we, along with the world, mark Holocaust Memorial Day. This year we will commemorate this important day with a screening of The Commandant’s Shadow, which follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf H...
Commemorating 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, along with millions of others who died under Nazi persecution & other genocides
The overall theme of the 2026 HMD is "Bridging Generations". The Bristol commemoration will focu...
We will be hearing a story of a holocaust survivor from his daughter, through Generation 2 Generation organization. The talk will be on campus of University of Bristol, during a weekly bagel lunch that we hold for Jewish students
Harris Academy Battersea, talk from Generation2Generation by Sandra Miller
The G2G speaker on 30 January will be Sandra Miller.) Information about the presentation can be found on this link- https://www.generation2generation.org.uk/holocau...
Eva Clarke was born during the last weeks of the Second World War in the concentration camp Mauthausen. Listen to her story.
We are fortunate and grateful to have Eva Clarke with us to talk about her difficult start into life during the last...
The Roma and Sinti Holocaust, 81 Years On: Memory, Representation, and the Struggle for Recognition
Dr Justyna Matkowska, University at Albany, State University of New York
Dr Matkowska will discuss the Roma and Sinti Holocaust, whic...
Join us as we walk together across the Colchester campus with lanterns, crafted by the University of Essex Origami Society or bring your own (no naked flames).
The procession will stop for a moment and will finish with a gathering for a m...
Knowing, remembering, and forgetting the Holocaust in 2026
Dr Andy Pearce, Director, UCL Centre for Holocaust Education and Associate Professor in Holocaust and History Education
Organised by the Centre for Public History at the Uni...
Each year on Holocaust Memorial Day, we come together to remember the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides with the ‘Reading of Names’.
We are asking our University community to take part in this act of remembrance, reading names i...
HMD North Somerset
Holocaust Memorial Day Event 2026
Theme: “Bridging Generations”
Time & Date: 7.30 - 9.30 pm Saturday 24th January 2026
Venue: Portishead Youth Centre, Harbour Road, Portishead BS20 7DD
K...
Gen2Gen have supported us in organising guest speakers for our Y9 and Y10s cohort on two different dates on the 28/29th January. The talk will take place in our hall and begin at roughly 9am where the speakers will deliver their families' testimon...
Gen2Gen have supported us in organising guest speakers for our Y9 and Y10s cohort on two different dates on the 28/29th January. The talk will take place in our hall and begin at roughly 9am where the speakers will deliver their families' testimon...
During their Creative and Cultural Lessons the 5 classes and Lunchtime club that visited Aspen took part in an emersive session using props (battery candle), Sensory Guru, Music, Massage and Dance. Individual students also added to the memorial f...
We have a number of events taking place to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. These include:
120 students taking part in an online workshop by the National Holocaust Museum on 26/1
80 students witnessing the testimony of a Holocaust s...
Hidden: Children of the Holocaust – A musical memorial
Composed by Roland Perrin, a jazz and world music composer/pianist and senior lecturer at the London College of Contemporary Music, the musical performance Hidden: Children of the Holoc...
Launch of Bridging Generations - IHMD 2026 Exhibition
International Holocaust Memorial Day (IHMD) takes place each year on 27 January. To mark this commemorative event, the university is holding a temporary exhibition under this year’s them...
Bridging Generations - International Holocaust Memorial Day Exhibition 2026
International Holocaust Memorial Day (IHMD) takes place each year on 27 January. To mark this commemorative event, the university is holding a temporary exhibition ...
We have invited a representative to make a presentation to the whole school in recognition of HMD.
Combined Miltary Services Museum Holocaust Remembrance Exhibition 2026
This year, 2026, our Holocaust Remembrance Temporary Exhibition runs from Wednesday 21 January to Sunday 25 January. We have rare artefacts and personal items on display...