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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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Lowestoft Town Council - Talk - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Lowestoft Commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

All are welcome to join us at the Parcels Office, Lowestoft Railway Station, for a service of reflections and poems, culminating in the laying of wreaths.  Included as part of the event is ...

Lowestoft Town Council - Commemoration Service - HMD 2026 Public

Lowestoft Town Council - Commemoration Service - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Lowestoft Commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

Join us at Kensington Gardens at 1:30pm for a reflective event including short readings from local Primary School Students.  The event will include laying coloured flowers at the Holocaust ...

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Medway HMD Planning Committee - Commemoration Service - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

The Medway Holocaust Memorial Day Event will take place at Rochester Cathedral on Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 5:30pm, with the help of students from local schools and Medway Youth Council, together with Kent Police, MIFA and representatives of the ...

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Harwich Town Council - Light the Darkness - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Today, we held a Holocaust Memorial Service at Harwich Quay where in place is a statue dedicated to the Kindergarten Transport This is a focal point for Harwich's Holocaust Memorial Day events. As in previous years, Harwich Town Council acted as f...

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Holmewood House Prep School - Gen2Gen Speaker - HMD 2026

Thursday, 5 February 2026,

Holmewood House school will be welcoming two speakers to the school, Anita Peleg and Emily Cass. This will take place in our school theatre from 2pm - 430pm on Thursday 5th February, to mark World Holocaust Day. Our Year 8 pupils will be attend...

Crowborough Stand Up to Racism - Talk - HMD 2026 Public

Crowborough Stand Up to Racism - Talk - HMD 2026

Friday, 30 January 2026,

Never Again - Holocaust Memorial Day meeting

Speakers include Gaby Weiner, author of Tales of Loving and Leaving

Friday 30 January 7pm, Jarvis Brook Memorial Hall, Crowborough, TN6 2EG

Organised by Crowborough Stand Up to Raci...

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Brighton Quakers - Light a Candle of Hope Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

January 27th 2026
12.30am to 5.00pm.
You are very welcome to join us on Holocaust Memorial Day as we hold in our thoughts all the people who were killed in the Holocaust in Nazi Germany and all the people killed in many genocides since...

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Lewes Holocaust Memorial Day Group - Talk - HMD 2026

Saturday, 24 January 2026,

Free event open to all (retiring collection).

Bridging Generations: HMD in Lewes
John Wood will present a 40-minute talk with archival photos and testimony about his father Leonard Berney, who was one of the first of the Allied troops...

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Abbey School, Faversham - Online Talk - HMD 2026

Monday, 26 January 2026,

Abbey School, Faversham, Talk by Peter Kammerling, years 7-13

Peter Kammerling is going to present the mememories of his parents during the scond world war and the Holocaust.
This will be an online presentation, delivered through team...

Eastbourne Holocaust Memorial Day volunteers - Ceremony - HMD 2026 Public

Eastbourne Holocaust Memorial Day volunteers - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Eastbourne's Holocaust Memorial Day Event 2026

Eastbourne’s Holocaust Memorial Day event, organised by dedicated local volunteers, will take place on Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 6.30pm at the Welcome Building (next to the Congress Theatre), ...

Alderney Churches Together (ACT) - Ceremony - HMD 2026 Public

Alderney Churches Together (ACT) - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Alderney Churches Together (ACT) HMD Commemoration 2026

27th January 11:00am - 11:30 Alderney Churches Together (ACT) welcomes all members of the Alderney Community to a short ecumenical service to commemorate HMD. This year the theme 'Bri...

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Folkestone Town Council - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Tuesday 27th January 2026 at 11am, Garden of Remembrance, Folkestone

An annual service providing members of the community the opportunity to remember people murdered in the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides with an educational element f...

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Jersey - HMD Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

As the only British soil occupied by German forces in the Second World War, Jersey remembers the victims of the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent acts of genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. There is a special focus on the h...

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum - Arts Activity - HMD 2026 Public

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum - Arts Activity - HMD 2026

Monday, 5 January 2026,

An installation of origami butterflies went on display in the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Community Space to mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme, Bridging Generations.

The theme underscores the importance of connecting people ac...

Durham University - Talk - HMD 2026 Private

Durham University - Talk - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

Wednesday 28 January 2026 18.00-19.15
Organised by the Durham University Jewish Society, Durham University Chaplaincy Network and Stephenson College, Durham University
Talk delivered by Vivienne Cato (Northern Holocaust Education Group...

British Airways - Light the Darkness, Survivor Speaker - HMD 2026 Private

British Airways - Light the Darkness, Survivor Speaker - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 20 January 2026,

This year we ran a series of activites across the week leading up to HMD. We started with welcoming Steven Frank to talk in our HQ. This was an in person and online event and attracted over 180 people in total. The recording of the talk was shared...