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.
Supported by Derry City and Strabane District Council the President of the Mothers of Srebrenica, Munira Subasic, will give a survivors talk. The Mayor will also participate and there will be inter faith reflections and a short film.
Light up of iconic local landmark-the Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow sculptures to mark the day with a corresponding post on our Inverclyde Council social media channels
From 8pm on Monday 27th January, we plan to light up in purple the Markinch building of Heart of Fife Parish Church. This is in the centre of the historic village of Markinch in Fife.
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The church building will be floodlit in purple from 8pm.
On the morning of 29th January, G2G speaker Noreen Plen with present, remotely, the story of her parents, Jan Kurz-Bernstein and Lola Waksman and their Polish Jewish families. Both were survivors of the Holocaust.
The presentation will be ...
We created a sway that was sent around all Perth and Kinross Council Staff to give facts and information that Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place every year on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest N...
Key buildings around town including Perth Bridge and St Pauls Square will be illuminated in purple in the evening to mark holocaust memorial day. As well as illuminating in purple ‘Moving Portraits’ resources from the HMD site are used to create a...
Out S3 pupils will give an assembly informing their peers and staff members about what Holocaust Memorial Day, what the Holocaust Memorial Trust do, this years theme, why it is important to remember and what can do to create a better future.
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We will light up the farm shop from 8pm - 8am in memory of our dear family friend the late Stanislaw Pierozynski. Stan was initially sent to Drancy but along with his Father, was transfered and then survived internment in Sachsenhausen. His father...
Highland Friends of Israel have a display using the HMDT material in Inverness library, Scotland from 21st January to 4th February. It is opposite the desks and near on the way out.
Also 27th Jan on Inverness High St near Spec Savers IV1 1...
7.30pm in Westray Parish Kirk - Youth Group for youngsters of secondary school age and older teenagers - watching film of "One Life" and reflecting on issues afterwards.
Join us for an insightful talk with author Jackie Kohnstamm presenting her first book "The Memory Keeper" on Thursday, 27 February, at 2pm at the German YMCA London. The author offers a gripping and poignant portrait of an ordinary family and reve...
Aberdeenshire Council is joining thousands of organisations, groups and individuals across the UK as we mark HMD 2025 on Monday 27th January.
January 27th is observed around the world as Holocaust Memorial Day, where we come together to rem...
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (“the College”) lit up the College building in Queen Street in Edinburgh in purple to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2025.
Holocaust Memorial Day will be marked in Guernsey on Monday 27th January with events that remember the victims of the Holocaust and other acts of genocide.
Wreaths will be dedicated and laid at the memorials on White Rock to the Jewish wome...
We are supporting a special service at Gordonstoun School in honour of Holocaust Memorial Day.
We will be honouring the memory and achievements of Gordonstoun founder Kurt Hahn with the unveiling of a plaque by The Association of Jewish Ref...
Join us in Glasgow for an evening of commemorative music and reflection.
The Minister hosted a pre-HMD event at the UK Government’s Edinburgh hub, Queen Elizabeth House, with Gillian Field - daughter of Holocaust survivors Henry Wuga MBE and Ingrid Wolff BEM.
Here a captivated audience heard Gillian describe the...
The Vale of Glamorgan Council is marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2025, commemorated annually on 27 January. This year’s theme, For a Better Future, set by the Holocaust Memorial Trust, UK, aims to raise awareness and draw attention to reducing suf...
The Vale of Glamorgan Council contributed to the Light the Darkness campaign by illuminating the pillars of light on Barry Island.