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Colour in and add a candle to our 'Light the darkness' display to mark Holocaust memorial Day

Join us in commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day by exploring a selection of books that reflect on the Holocaust

Join us in commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day by exploring a selection of books that reflect on the Holocaust

Join us in commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day by exploring a selection of books that reflect on the Holocaust

From Kazakhstan to Kilkeel - the story of the Sekules family
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 1-2pm

The Northern Ireland War Memorial in partnership with the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) would like to invite you to a ta...

Holocaust Memorial Day Event

Mark Holocaust Memorial Day by composing a short poem on this year’s theme, “For a Better Future”, for display on our giant Wall Art Candle. This event runs from 1:00pm - 2:00pm

My Name Is Might Have Been is a series of paintings by local artist Leslie Nicholl. Each work, painted onto a handkerchief, depicts the face of a person who experienced the Holocaust. The exhibition was inspired by the story of Helen Lewis, a Holo...

This year's LGBTQIA+ Holocaust Memorial & Act of Remembrance in Belfast will take place on Monday 27th January from 12.30pm to 1pm in the Lord Mayor's Parlour of Belfast City Hall.

We will be joined by local historian Michael Lawrence,...

Join us at the Northern Ireland War Memorial on Monday 27 January 2025 from 7pm-8:15pm for a special event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

Dan Lewis will share the story of his grandmother, Helen Lewis MBE. Helen was a professional dancer a...

Holocaust Memorial Exhibition

A group exhibition of paintings by Juste Bernotaite, Joanne Jamison, and a series of paintings by Cliff Brooks, (“Smoke in the Cornfield”), will open in the Engine Room Gallery Thursday 6th February ending Sat...

Visit Cloughfern Library this Holocaust Memorial Day and visit the discussion table with cards to help start conversations or remembrance and mental health awareness. Stay a while and explore a range of books on the topic.

A workshop for Keystage 2 children. Csilla Toldy will tell the story of Walter Sekules, a young Jewish boy growing up in a camp for enemy aliens in Kazakhstan. Delivered in conjunction with NI War Memorial Museum.

Series of lessons with year 12 students on steps to genocide - anti racism theme
HMD school noticeboard display

In this talk, Professor Adam Jones will introduce his work on photographing sites and evidence of genocide and discuss the wider context of how photography has been so crucial in making society
aware of instances of mass violence. There are ...

The Exeter HMD 2025 Opening Ceremony will be held at Exeter Cathedral at 10am on Monday 27th January 2025. Open to the public and local schools, dignitaries and representatives from diverse faith and belief groups will light candles in commemorati...

"Through these pale cold days."

When my wife and myself visited Auschwitz and Birkenau during a bitterly cold February 1997, I came across the photographs of this young woman.

What struck me, as she looked into the camera that day, w...

Display to reflect Holocaust Memorial Day along side a special display on the Millisle Kibbutz.

On Tues 28th January 2025, St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art will host an event for our local primary school which commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day through guest speakers, workshops and art activities.

In the lead up to the even...

From 8pm on Monday 27th January, we plan to light up in purple the Markinch building of Heart of Fife Parish Church. This is in the centre of the historic village of Markinch in Fife.
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