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.
Students who have been part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project and those who are taking part this year have designed and filmed an assembly to be shared with all students at our school.
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place each year on 27th January.
Each year, HMD is shaped by a specific theme that guides how we remember, reflect, and learn.
The theme for HMD 2026 is Bridging Generations
The theme is a ...
The My Voice project has produced 7 short films of our Survivor storytellers, based on their life story books and with additional material of them at home and with their families.
Guests were welcomed to the event at Manchester Met Universit...
Pupils at Manchester Hospital School will be marking Holocaust Memorial Day through:
- Secondary assemblies focusing on what HMD day is and giving information about other genocides since, giving pupils the opportunity to learn, reflect and d...
A Holocaust Memorial Day assembly will be delivered to all Key Stage 2 pupils (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6). The assembly will be delivered by Miss Cartmill, Humanities Subject Lead for History and Geography.
The purpose of the assembly is to raise...
On Friday 12th December, Year 6 will have a special visitor — Alison Cooper from the Northern Holocaust Education Group.
Alison will be sharing the remarkable and moving story of her mother, Judis Singer, who was born during the Second Worl...
My Voice Project launch of Travelling Exhibition 2026
The Fed's My Voice Project has created a 5-panelled travelling exhibition based on 4 My Voice life story books. The content was created by the My Voice team in conjunction with an educat...
Memory, Meaning and Belonging – Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
Manchester Histories, in collaboration with Holocaust Centre North, will host a Holocaust Memorial Day event at Manchester Histories Hub, Manchester Central Library, on Tuesday 20 ...
We will be inviting colleagues of the Co-op within Head office to come and light a candle and to educate them on Holocaust Memorial day. We will also me sharing material online for our field colleagues.
Bringing the Northern Holocaust Education Group into school on Wednesday 21st January at 14.00 - 14.50 provides Year 9 students with a powerful and meaningful learning experience that deepens their understanding of one of the most significant even...
We will be doing assemblies all week to mark HMD, as we do every year. This year I am basing it on the story of Arpad Weisz and his family, with the message that we need to personalise and humanise each other. I read with shock the statistic that ...
Gateways School Holocaust Memorial assembly, 2026
This is an assembly delivered by Northern Holocaust Education Group. This is to educate about the Holocaust and hear from impacted communities.
Our Holocaust Memorial Day takes place this year on Wednesday 28th January it starts at 8:30 and will end at 1pm. We have a range of classroom activities and have the privilege of having a Holocaust survivor come and address the whole of our year ...
Talk by a member of NHEG for years 5&6 followed by a question and answer session
The Fed's My Voice Project has produced 7 films of Survivor storytellers that sit alongside their My Voice life story books. One of these is Heathlands resident Gerda Rothberg whose film will be shown in her presence at Heathland Village's HMD eve...
An assembly led by students to mark the week of Holocaust Memorial Day, supported by form-time learning.
Holocaust Memorial Service 28th January 2026. 7.30pm to 8.50pm Theme Bridging Generations. Speaker Jeanette Marx from Generation 2 Generation. Supported by local churches in the area.
Ziggy Landchaft: His story told by his daughter Leah Burman
Thursday 29/01/2026 (6:00pm to 7:00pm)
Rawtenstall Library (Lecture Hall)
This is the miraculous story of Ziggy’s survival. Had it not been for his own resilience thr...
Loughborough Grammar School - LGBTQ+ Soc 2026
A reading and discussion session on the Nazi persecution of homosexuals.
• Library:
A curated display of Holocaust-related books suitable for all year groups is available in the Library. With thanks to Mrs Briers.