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.
Union of Jewish Students invites students from across London to hear from Holocaust survivor Ivan Shaw BEM on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, HMD 80.
Short act of remembrance focussing on Jane Haining from Dunscore village who died in Auschwitz
in 1944. She was the matron of the Scottish Mission to the Jews School in Budapest from 1932 until her death.
Pupils from Dunscore Primary ...
Barony Castle will floodlight the Castle purple on the evening of 27/01/25 for the Light the Darkness campaign/Holocaust Memorial Day.
On Monday 20th January we will deliver a presentation to P6 & 7 pupils and discuss the Holocaust, Srebrenica, Ukraine/Russia and Israel/Palestine conflicts. A member of staff will discuss her own experiences and show pictures of her visits to...
West Lothian Council hold an event each year in Livingston to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. This event is invite-only and will take place on Monday 27 January.
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...
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.
Cumbria's Museum of Military Life, located within the historic walls of Carlisle Castle, is proud to support the 'Light the Darkness' movement for Holocaust Memorial Day. In collaboration with Rocket Productions, a fellow site tenant, we will illu...
Generation2Generation speakers will be delivering talks to all of our S3 Citizenship classes.
We also have a whole school assembly on 27/1 to mark HMD and we are inviting the whole school community to light a candle at 8pm on 27/1.
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, ...
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...
Edinburgh Castle will floodlight the Castle purple on the evening of 27/01/25 for the Light the Darkness campaign/Holocaust Memorial Day.
Holocaust Memorial Day Event
Glasgow Caledonian University is commemorating the eightieth anniversaries of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of the Second World War in Europe with three talks on the themes of criminality in war, military occupation, and their effects on...
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...
We will be marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 through our school assembly, linking this year's theme to our school values of kindness, resilience, honesty, respect and inclusion. We will share songs, poems and sketches designed or chosen by the c...
ONE LIFE tells the inspiring true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, whose unsung endeavours on the eve of World War II saved more than 600 children from their doom at the hands of the Nazis.
For this event, we are honoured to be hosting speakers whose parents were survivors of the Holocaust, and who made a life in Scotland. As many of those who experienced the horrors of the Holocaust first-hand are no longer with us, we now look to t...
We will have our Lessons from Auschwitz pupils sharing their experiences, the music department performing and a speaker from Generation to Generation sharing her family’s story.
Online service on Zoom to include celebration of 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and remembering 30th Anniversary of genocide in Bosnia. There will be hymns, prayers and times of reflection.