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.
Thursday 5 February, 2-3pm
Holocaust Memorial Day Talk - at Newcastle City Library
In partnership with *Discovery Museum, North East Museums and Newcastle City Library
(*Please note: This event takes place in Newcastle City Libra...
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 ...
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.
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...
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...
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place each year on 27th January.
Each year, HMD is shaped by a specific theme that guides how we remember, reflect, and learn.
The theme for HMD 2026 is Bridging Generations
The theme is a ...
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...
Bridging Generations - A Service to Commemorate HMD 2026
A United Reformed Church service to commemorate HMD 2026. Taking place from 10am to 11am at The Dry Water Arts Centre in Amble by the Sea, Northumberland. Led by retired Methodist Min...
North Tyneside's Commemorative Event will take place at Quadrant East, Cobalt Business Park,m Silverlink, North, North Tyneside NE27 0BY on Friday 23 January 2026 9:30-11:30am.
The event will feature presentations from North Tyneside schools...
Learning about the memory gap.
Teaching S3 pupils about why holocaust memory is important to share. Also coming up with ideas on how to continue sharing ideas.
We will have an hour of quiet reflection and learning at the War Memorial Art Gallery in Stockport.
We are honoured to welcome Peter, our Living History speaker from the Yeshurun Hebrew Congregation and we will also be showing a video of the...
2pm on 25/01/26 until 3pm approx Vigil with speakers .
Shropshire Memorial Cherry Tree Planting with School Children 2026
In Shropshire, the approach that we have been taking for the last ten years in Shropshire is to work with primary schools in ways that will be age appropriate and memorable ...
"Branches of memory, wings of peace"
INSTALLATION WILL BE AT THOMAS ASHTON SCHOOL ON 27.01.26 9AM-2.00PM
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2026, 'Bridging Generations', is a call-to-action. A reminder that the responsibility...
We will be doing assemblies all week to mark HMD, as we do every year. This year I am basing it on the story of Arpad Weisz and his family, with the message that we need to personalise and humanise each other. I read with shock the statistic that ...
FISHBURN PARISH COUNCIL, Will mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) by lighting The Queen Elizabeth II Beacon of Hope on Monday 27th January 2026 at 7:00 p.m. with a flame of remembrance for 15 minutes in a powerful moment of commemoration and solidar...
The Mayor of Cheshire East extends a very warm welcome to anyone who wishes to attend the Cheshire East Holocaust Memorial Day Service, which is being held at the Muncicpal Buildings Crewe, starting at 11.00am on 27 January 2026. There will be a g...
HFOI are also doing a display of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Life Stories and the History of the Holocaust plus some Information from Vad VaShem and other sources on the exterior of our gazebo and on our billboards in the middle of Inverness Hig...
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Life Stories and some of the history of the Holocaust and a few pieces from Yad VaShem are on display in the main libary of Inverness from today Monday 19th January to Monday 2nd February.
Working alongside Northern Holocaust Education Group to deliver a talk from a survivors family member