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.
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...
A service to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 will be held at Powis Hall, Main Arts Building, College Road, in Bangor on Monday, 27 January, from 10:30 am to 11:30 am.
The theme of this year’s service is ‘For a Better Future’ and wil...
A service of reflection and remembrance of the victims of the holocaust and of all genocides. The service starts at 10.45am and is scheduled to last for approximately 1 hour
Ysgol Eirias is hosting along with other schools a Holocaust survivor.
Holocaust Memorial outdoor service and candle lighting.
Holocaust Memorial Day Event
1940s DANCE FOR PEACE - Sunday 26th January
Gregson Centre, 33 - 35 Moor Gate, Lancaster LA1 3PY - £7.50
Jive 6.30-8.00pm - Salsa 8.00-9.30pm
This event is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day - notab...
The service takes place annually at the synagogue and involved students from local non Jewish schools and a keynote speaker. The service is held at 10.30am on Friday the 24 January 2025 and ends at approximately 12 noon. Local dignitaries, Mayor...
On the 27th of January, Lancaster University hosted a talk and Q&A. Ernie Hunter joined us as he gave a talk about his Mother's experiences in the Holocaust.
The event was held from 3:00pm - 4:00pm.
The event was held in our li...
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.
Barony Castle will floodlight the Castle purple on the evening of 27/01/25 for the Light the Darkness campaign/Holocaust Memorial Day.
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.
Church service of prayer and reflection to focus mainly on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the national theme "For a Better Future".
Music will be provided by Sheila Morbey (violin), Geoff Gordon (piano), an...
Come along to a commemorative service marking Holocaust Memorial Day.
St George The Martyr Church, George's Road (off Lune Street), Preston PR1 2NP
In 2023 members of the community planted a tree to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, we will gather at the tree and light a candle in rememberence of those who lost their lives in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
I lit my candle and put it in the window where it shone a little light into a dark garden and a dark rural landscape. All I could do was to shine a little light into the darkness - it was something but not much!
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 ...
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.
Monday 27th January commenced with a private wreath-laying at St John’s Gardens. Those in attendance included Lord Mayor, Cllr Richard Kemp, Rabbi Natan Fagleman and the president of the Merseyside Jewish Representative Council, Barry Levene. They...
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, ...