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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.

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Newport City Council - Commemoration Service - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

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...

Westminster Synagogue - Film Screening - HMD 2026 Public

Westminster Synagogue - Film Screening - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

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...

Bristol HMD Committee - Talk - HMD 2026 Public

Bristol HMD Committee - Talk - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

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...

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Harris Academy Battersea - Talk - HMD 2026

Friday, 30 January 2026,

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...

Deutsche Schule London - Survivor speaker - HMD 2026 Public

Deutsche Schule London - Survivor speaker - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 21 January 2026,

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...

University of Essex - Talk, Lesson - HMD 2026 Public

University of Essex - Talk, Lesson - HMD 2026

Thursday, 29 January 2026,

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...

University of Essex - Walk - HMD 2026 Public

University of Essex - Walk - HMD 2026

Thursday, 29 January 2026,

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...

University of Essex - Talk - HMD 2026 Public

University of Essex - Talk - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

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...

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University of Essex - Remembrance Event - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

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...

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HMD North Somerset - Memorial Event - HMD 2026

Saturday, 24 January 2026,

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...

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Riverside School - Gen2Gen Guest Speaker - HMD 2026

Thursday, 29 January 2026,

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...

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Riverside School - Second Generation Speaker - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

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...

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Charlton Park Academy - Lesson - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

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...

University of Greenwich - Arts Activity - HMD 2026 Private

University of Greenwich - Arts Activity - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 10 February 2026,

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...

University of Greenwich - Exhibition, Talk - HMD 2026 Private

University of Greenwich - Exhibition, Talk - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

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...

University of Greenwich - Exhibition - HMD 2026 Public

University of Greenwich - Exhibition - HMD 2026

Monday, 19 January 2026,

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 ...

Combined Military Services Museum - Exhibition - HMD 2026 Public

Combined Military Services Museum - Exhibition - HMD 2026

Sunday, 25 January 2026,

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...