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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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Bedales School - Assembly - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

Our annual HMD Jaw (Bedalian for assembly) will take place for all senior school students on Wednesday 28th January from 5-6pm. We have a speaker from G2G for the fourth successive year.

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St John at Hackney - Bell Ringing - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

To ring a half muffled quarter peal on the bells of St John at Hackney Church from 11am to noon in support of the LB Hackney event taking place in the nearby Town Hall

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Schroders - Light the Darkness - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

We will be taking photos of four of us lighting candles for HMD and sharing some content and the photos on screens around our London office and our our intranet. The people lighting candles will be sharing what the Holocaust means to them and a p...

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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...

Spanish & Portuguese Sephardi Community - Ceremony - HMD 2026 Public

Spanish & Portuguese Sephardi Community - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

The service will be held at Bevis Marks Synagogue, City of London, between 12:30 - 13:00 on the 27th Jan .It will be a short service ,where prayers and memorial candles will be lit. We are inviting officials from the City and City Workers to atte...

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Norwich High School - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Monday, 26 January 2026,

We will be joined by a number of guest speakers, who will be sharing their experiences and reflections on the theme of HMD 2026 ‘Bridging Generations’. Students from Norwich High School for Girls will also be performing a selection of music pieces...

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Norwich High School - Survivor Talk - HMD 2026

Thursday, 29 January 2026,

Lesley Urbach will talk to us about her mother Eva who is a survivor of the Holocaust. This will be on Thursday, 29 January during lunch from 12.30-1.30pm in the Jameson Library.

The Stanislaw Brunstein Society - Exhibition - HMD 2026 Public

The Stanislaw Brunstein Society - Exhibition - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Memory to Memorial: From Warsaw to Valentines. The Stanislaw Brunstein Society

An exhibition showing a selection of work by the artist Stanislaw Brunstein, born in Warsaw in 1914, died in Ilford in 1994.

These paintings will take you...

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 ...

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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...

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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...

Lewisham Council - Ceremony - HMD 2026 Private

Lewisham Council - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Lewisham Council hosts a civic event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day every year.

The service brings Lewisham residents together to remember the millions of lives that were lost during the Holocaust, and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwa...