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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.

St Mary's Church, Kingswood - Talk on Darfur - HMD 2026 Public

St Mary's Church, Kingswood - Talk on Darfur - HMD 2026

Saturday, 21 February 2026,

The Darfur Genocide of 2003-5 and the continuing violence in Sudan.
Khalid Sidahmed will talk about the Darfur Genocide of 2003-5 and the continuing violence in Sudan.
Khalid was born in London to a Sudanese family. Like many in the d...

Private

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...

Austrian Cultural Forum - Discussion, Exhibition - HMD 2026 Private

Austrian Cultural Forum - Discussion, Exhibition - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 21 January 2026,

Arc of History Panel Discussion: Bridging Generations

Wed 21 Jan 2026 7:00PM

On the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 and 30 years of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, the Austrian ...

Westminster Synagogue - Film Screening - HMD 2026 Public

Westminster Synagogue - Film Screening - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Join us on Tuesday 27th January as we, along with the world, mark Holocaust Memorial Day. This year we will commemorate this important day with a screening of The Commandant’s Shadow, which follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf H...

Private

Labour Students - Remembrance Service - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 4 February 2026,

Labour Students HMD Event in Parliament

6 pm-7:30 pm in Parliament
Labour Students and Lord Mike Katz

We will be hearing a series of testimonies and poetry readings, as well as having reflections from speakers on this year's th...

Private

City of Westminster, St John's Wood Library - Talk - HMD 2026

Monday, 2 February 2026,

Lesley will be talking to a year 6 class from the local primary school about events around the Holocaust. This will be aimed at younger children so that they will be able to understand what happened, learn and be able to understand how this traum...

Public

Jewish Greens - Gen2Gen Speaker - HMD 2026

Sunday, 18 January 2026,

Jewish Greens HMD Event January 2026

Sunday, January 18th, 6pm - 7pm
As in previous years, Jewish Greens organised a Holocaust Memorial Day event with a speaker from Generation 2 Generation (G2G).
Angela Strach told her father's...

Private

St Margaret's School - Assembly - HMD 2026

Monday, 26 January 2026,

We are staging a Holocaust Memorial Day Assembly, in conjunction with the PSHE programme and the history curriculum. It is taking place on Monday 26th January and will be delivered by Sandra Miller.

Public

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...

Bristol HMD Committee - Talk - HMD 2026 Public

Bristol HMD Committee - Talk - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Commemorating 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, along with millions of others who died under Nazi persecution & other genocides

The overall theme of the 2026 HMD is "Bridging Generations". The Bristol commemoration will focu...

Community Solidarity Stroud District - Commemoration - HMD 2026 Public

Community Solidarity Stroud District - Commemoration - HMD 2026

Sunday, 25 January 2026,

A regular annual event including speakers from local faith, community and anti-fascist groups in Stroud, with music by the Stroud Red Band. Local author Alice Jolly is taking part. Participants include Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community, Str...

Public

Mill Hill Community Group - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

Mill Hill Community Group ( Multi Faith) will be holding an inaugural annual event, to Mark Holocaust Memorial day Kindly Hosted by Mill Hill United Synagogue.

Public

London Borough of Barnet - Commemoration Service - HMD 2026

Sunday, 25 January 2026,

The event will be held on Sunday 25th January 2026 at 2pm finishing approx 3.30pm.
It will be held in the Quadrangle at Middlesex University.
The ceremony will include a diverse audience with many young people included. There will be c...

Private

BPP University Library, Holborn - Book Display - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

BPP Holborn Library Holocaust Memorial Day Space of Reflection 2026

Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place every year on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. It is an internatio...

Private

BPP University Library - Book Display - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

BPP University Library London Holocaust Memorial Day Space of Reflection 2026

The BPP Library Team are commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day with a Space of Reflection at our London Central (Holborn) Library site, and a dedicated book displa...