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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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Falinge Park High School - Survivor Speaker - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

Our Holocaust Memorial Day takes place this year on Wednesday 28th January it starts at 8:30 and will end at 1pm. We have a range of classroom activities and have the privilege of having a Holocaust survivor come and address the whole of our year ...

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St Annes Academy CofE - Holocaust commemoration talk - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 21 January 2026,

Bringing the Northern Holocaust Education Group into school on Wednesday 21st January at 14.00 - 14.50 provides Year 9 students with a powerful and meaningful learning experience that deepens their understanding of one of the most significant even...

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My Voice project - Film Screening - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 21 January 2026,

The My Voice project has produced 7 short films of our Survivor storytellers, based on their life story books and with additional material of them at home and with their families.
Guests were welcomed to the event at Manchester Met Universit...

The Fed's My Voice Project - Exhibition - HMD 2026 Private

The Fed's My Voice Project - Exhibition - HMD 2026

Monday, 19 January 2026,

My Voice Project launch of Travelling Exhibition 2026

The Fed's My Voice Project has created a 5-panelled travelling exhibition based on 4 My Voice life story books. The content was created by the My Voice team in conjunction with an educat...

Manchester Histories - Workshop - HMD 2026 Public

Manchester Histories - Workshop - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 20 January 2026,

Memory, Meaning and Belonging – Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

Manchester Histories, in collaboration with Holocaust Centre North, will host a Holocaust Memorial Day event at Manchester Histories Hub, Manchester Central Library, on Tuesday 20 ...

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CO-OP - Display - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

We will be inviting colleagues of the Co-op within Head office to come and light a candle and to educate them on Holocaust Memorial day. We will also me sharing material online for our field colleagues.

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Manchester Hospital School - Remembrance Service - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Pupils at Manchester Hospital School will be marking Holocaust Memorial Day through:
- Secondary assemblies focusing on what HMD day is and giving information about other genocides since, giving pupils the opportunity to learn, reflect and d...

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Manchester High School for Girls - Assembly - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

A Holocaust Memorial Day assembly will be delivered to all Key Stage 2 pupils (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6). The assembly will be delivered by Miss Cartmill, Humanities Subject Lead for History and Geography.

The purpose of the assembly is to raise...

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Ysgol Craig y Wylfa - Arts Display - HMD 2026

Friday, 30 January 2026,

From Tuesday 27th - Friday 30th January
Display at Borth Hub by a 3rd generation survivor of the Holocaust. Clarach Road SY24 5LW.
Visit organised for children from Ysgol Craig y Wylfa

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Manchester High School for Girls - HMD Education Talk - HMD 2026

Friday, 12 December 2025,

On Friday 12th December, Year 6 will have a special visitor — Alison Cooper from the Northern Holocaust Education Group.

Alison will be sharing the remarkable and moving story of her mother, Judis Singer, who was born during the Second Worl...

Brundibár Arts Festival - Closing Concert - HMD 2026 Public

Brundibár Arts Festival - Closing Concert - HMD 2026

Sunday, 8 February 2026,

Brundibár Arts Festival was launched in January 2016 as the first annual Festival in the UK dedicated to the Music and Arts of the Holocaust. Located in Newcastle and Gateshead, the Festival takes its name from Hans Krása's children's opera "Brund...

Brundibár Arts Festival - Short Concerts Series: Concert 5 - HMD 2026 Public

Brundibár Arts Festival - Short Concerts Series: Concert 5 - HMD 2026

Saturday, 7 February 2026,

Brundibár Arts Festival was launched in January 2016 as the first annual Festival in the UK dedicated to the Music and Arts of the Holocaust. Located in Newcastle and Gateshead, the Festival takes its name from Hans Krása's children's opera "Brund...

Brundibár Arts Festival - Short Concerts Series: Concert 4 - HMD 2026 Public

Brundibár Arts Festival - Short Concerts Series: Concert 4 - HMD 2026

Saturday, 7 February 2026,

Brundibár Arts Festival was launched in January 2016 as the first annual Festival in the UK dedicated to the Music and Arts of the Holocaust. Located in Newcastle and Gateshead, the Festival takes its name from Hans Krása's children's opera "Brund...

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Newminster Middle School - Second Generation Speaker - HMD 2026

Monday, 26 January 2026,

Newminster Middle School, NHEG talk from Vivienne Cato

On January 26th 2026, Vivienne Cato is coming to Newminster Middle School to tell her mother's story to our Year 8 students. The talk will begin at 9.15am to 130 students.

Brundibár Arts Festival - A Voice Not Stilled - HMD 2026 Public

Brundibár Arts Festival - A Voice Not Stilled - HMD 2026

Thursday, 5 February 2026,

Brundibár Arts Festival was launched in January 2016 as the first annual Festival in the UK dedicated to the Music and Arts of the Holocaust. Located in Newcastle and Gateshead, the Festival takes its name from Hans Krása's children's opera "Brund...

Brundibár Arts Festival - The Last Musician of Auschwitz - HMD 2026 Public

Brundibár Arts Festival - The Last Musician of Auschwitz - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 4 February 2026,

For this special screening of 'The Last Musician of Auschwitz', we will be joined by Simon Wallfisch - Grandson of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the Last Musician - for a Q&A as part of Newcastle City Council Holocaust Memorial Day and Brundibar Art...