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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 2025. Enter your post code to find activities near you - those marked 'public' are open to everyone.

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LBBD - Public Remembrance Ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

The Holocaust Memorial Commemoration Day will take place on Monday, 27th January 2025, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM, outside Barking Town Hall in Barking Town Square. Although the itinerary is not yet finalised, the event is expected to include speeche...

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Resources for Holocaust Education - Webinar - HMD 2025

Thursday, 9 January 2025,

Join this free webinar from the Historical Association to learn about the work of two Holocaust Education charities, Generation 2 Generation (G2G) and Northern Holocaust Education Group (NHEG), which provide accredited speakers to schools and othe...

University of Greenwich - Talk/Exhibition Launch - HMD 2025 Public

University of Greenwich - Talk/Exhibition Launch - HMD 2025

Tuesday, 28 January 2025,

The University of Greenwich is marking the annual International Holocaust Memorial Day (IHMD), which takes place each year on 27 January, with a temporary exhibition called “International Holocaust Memorial Day – For a Better Future”.

Exhib...

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Manningtree High School - Workshop and Survivor Speaker - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

On the 27th January Year 9 will be receiving a two hour workshop on gradual persecution followed by different experiences from inside the camps. We will finish the day with a talk from a Generation2Generation speaker, who will talk about the exper...

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St Laurence School - Second generation survivor talk - HMD 2025

Tuesday, 7 January 2025,

This is one of many events taking place, but we had a Jeanette Marx come in to share her mother's testimony to all our year 12 students (140), as part of the their Core lesson. This was arranged through generation2generation.

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Nightingale Community Academy: Whole School Assembly - HMD 2025

Friday, 24 January 2025,

Last year this assembly did not happen and I thought after we have done it so well in the past and I still have Memorial day booklets then why not try again this year. I have received approval from my LM and the other Line Manager.
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The Jewish Dog Omnibus Theatre - Performance - HMD 2025 Public

The Jewish Dog Omnibus Theatre - Performance - HMD 2025

Saturday, 8 February 2025,

The Jewish Dog is a new contemporary performance inspired by a book written by Asher Kravitz. The performance filters the darkest period of Jewish history through the naive perspective of a dog. Using visual storytelling tools like close-circle-ca...

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Bath and North East Somerset Council - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

‘For a Better Future’: Remembering the Holocaust in Bath and North East Somerset

A special ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, is taking place in Bath on January 27.

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Tooting Library - Display/Exhibition - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

I'll set up a display at Tooting Library with a range of resources I have created over the past year. This includes posters with information about the Holocaust, as well as other genocides.

I will also help to set up additional displays wi...

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Royal Borough of Greenwich - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

The Royal Borough of Greenwich will bring residents, council and community leaders together for its Holocaust Memorial Day service on Monday 27 January. The annual event will take place at 10.30am in the Old Library at Charlton House, SE7 8RE.

Lowestoft Town Council - Ceremony - HMD 2025 Public

Lowestoft Town Council - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

This ceremony will include a reflective speech given by Professor Lawrence Goldman, Emeritus Fellow in History, St Peter’s College, Oxford and live music performance by Jewish performers “Da Marjanbo”.

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Lewisham Council - Private Ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

A closed and intimate ceremony with a range of speeches, candles lightings, poem readings and reflections about holocaust memorial day & subsequent genocides. A holocaust survivor to be in attendance to also talk about her experience. post eve...

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Lowestoft Town Council - Candle display - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

2:30pm | Kensington Gardens
A local school will join the international community in placing 80 decorative candles as part of the “80 candles for 80 years” campaign.

Lowestoft Town Council - Remembrance ceremony - HMD 2025 Public

Lowestoft Town Council - Remembrance ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

11:00am | Lowestoft Railway Station
Remembering Lowestoft's connection to the Kindertransport, there will be a series of reflections and poetry given by Lowestoft Town Councillors and local academy schools. This event will also include the ...

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Surrey County Council - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

The Chair of Surrey County Council has great pleasure in inviting you to Surrey County Council's Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony. Join the Chair and guest speakers for a ceremony and exhibition to honour the memory of the Holocaust victims. This y...