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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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Bournemouth and Poole HMD committee - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Sunday, 26 January 2025,

We will be marking the 30th anniversary of the Bosnian genocide and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. We will have a short presentation from a Bosnian woman who was a young girl in Bosnia 30 years ago We will hear about the arti...

Light a Candle of Hope vigil - Brighton Quakers - HMD 2025 Public

Light a Candle of Hope vigil - Brighton Quakers - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

From 12.30pm to 5.00pm on January 27th 2025.
Brighton Quakers invite everybody to join them to light candles and remember all people who have died in genocides around the world.
It is a drop-in event and people can stay for however lon...

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Millisle Community Forum - Talk by Lu Lawrence - HMD 2025

Friday, 24 January 2025,

Millisle Community Association is hosting an event Millisle Remembers in Millisle Community Hub from 9.30 to 12noon on Friday 24 January to mark HMD 2025. 'A Better Future' will feature a talk by Lu Lawrence, daughter of Zigi Shipper, a Holocaust ...

Westgate Evangelical Chapel - Memorial Service - HMD 2025 Public

Westgate Evangelical Chapel - Memorial Service - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

A church service with prayers, reflections and presentation of this year's theme.
We will vow "Never Again"
We will pray and reflect on 80 years since the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
We will consider our own response to evi...

Donaghadee Library - Reading Group Discussion - HMD 2025 Private

Donaghadee Library - Reading Group Discussion - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

Special book selection to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. The reading group will be discussing The Three Sisters by Heather Morris, a story of three teenage girls taken captive by the Nazis and their fight for survival .

Public

Iddo Oberski - Balancing in Freedom - HMD 2025

Saturday, 25 January 2025,

Balancing in Freedom

by Iddo Oberski

(Sat 25 Jan, 8 Feb, 1 Mar and 5 Apr: 2pm)

Iddo: "I'm making this performance piece Svjetlana. It explores human freedom. Would you like to be part of it?"
Svjetlana: "Absolutely yes, ...

Private

The Thomas Hardye School Memorial Wall - HMD 2025

Tuesday, 21 January 2025,

The students in years 9 -11 (approx 1,500) at Thomas Hardye School are going to create a memorial wall to remember the Jewish children who died in the Holocaust. Each student will write the name of one child on a luggage tag and these will be moun...

Private

Edinburgh Interfaith Association - Commemoration - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

The Edinburgh Interfaith Association (EIFA) shall coordinate the official City of Edinburgh Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration at Edinburgh City Chambers on 27 Janury 2025. The event is private and shall invlude 80 local high school students as...

Private

Deans Community High School - Assemblies - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

Pupils are organising an assembly for the whole school which they will deliver to year groups with the support of teachers.
This is following their learning about the Holocaust, it's impact and why we need to mark HMD.
The assembly fol...

Private

Deans Community High School - Memorial Making - HMD 2025

Wednesday, 15 January 2025,

Pupils will be using their Skills Academy classes to create a Holocaust Memorial Day Memorial Flame collectively, this is following learning about the Holocaust and research testimonies.