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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.

Redditch Borough Council - Commemoration Service - HMD 2026 Public

Redditch Borough Council - Commemoration Service - HMD 2026

Saturday, 24 January 2026,

Redditch Holocaust Memorial Day

Redditch marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2026: Bridging Generations—remembering the past through community voices to shape a safer future.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 – Bridging Generations

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Blaenau GwentCBC - Light the Darkness, Display, Event - HMD 2026 Public

Blaenau GwentCBC - Light the Darkness, Display, Event - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Lighting up General Offices in purple for the 'Light in the Darkness' campaign
Holding a remembrance event in Tredegar
Distributing resources to schools
Having a reflection area/display in our libraries across Blaenau Gwent
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Loughborough Grammar School - Lesson - HMD 2026 Private

Loughborough Grammar School - Lesson - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

• Art (Year 9): Year 9 pupils will be working on a dedicated art project to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.
• English (KS3): Pupils will read and discuss the poem Terezin by Michael Flack.
• History: The Junior History Society will...

Loughborough Grammar School - Open Lecture - HMD 2026 Public

Loughborough Grammar School - Open Lecture - HMD 2026

Friday, 30 January 2026,

Dr Paul Moore from the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will present his research examining the extent of German public knowledge of, and approval for, the concentration camps

Loughborough Grammar School - Assembly - HMD 2026 Private

Loughborough Grammar School - Assembly - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

Loughborough Grammar will hold a whole-school assembly to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2026. Pupils from Year 6 to Year 13, together with staff, will take time to remember the victims of the Holocaust and reflect on its lessons.

Private

Aberdeen Grammar School - Speaker Event - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

In light of the Holocaust Memorial Day theme for 2026, ‘Bridging Generations’, they have the privilege of attending a talk and Q and A session with Gillian Field, daughter of Holocaust survivors Henry Wuga and Ingrid Wolff. Gillian’s parents met i...

Private

University of Aberdeen - Gen2Gen Speaker - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 10 February 2026,

Giving a talk to social subjects student teachers on teaching the Holocaust in secondary schools. This willbe followed by a talk from Maria Chamberlain about her family's story.

Private

Dyce Academy - Assembly - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Starting from 27th January, we will hold assemblies every day (one for each year group) of that week. S2 pupils who have been studying the Holocaust will lead the assemblies with the help of our Senior pupils - Equalities Ambassadors.

Private

Ratcliffe College - Film Screening - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Tutor time (25 minute) slideshow.
Film 1 - "Learning from the Past" - HMDT video
Film 2 - " Where do you think God was in the Holocaust" - The Jonathan Sacks Legacy
Activity - Reflection on recommended reading (Anne Frank (Years ...

Private

Forest Lodge Academy - Assembly, Arts Activity - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

HMD was mentioned in our assembly.
Year 6 chuldren had a religiin and worldviews lesson focussed on HMD. We shared some of the stories and discussed them, talking anout the choices people had made, how they must have felt and how it made us ...

Public

Coventry City Council - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Holocaust Memorial Day is observed across the UK, and encourages remembrance of those who have lost their lives through systematic, targeted persecution and genocides.

Holocaust Memorial Day takes place annually on 27 January. The day will ...

Private

Leicestershire County Council - Talk - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Leicestershire County Council in partnership with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and University Hospitals of Leicester will mark Holocaust Memorial Day with a short ceremony and talk by Georgia Parsisson from the University of Leicester. Geo...

Public

Coventry City Council - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

The event will commemorate the Holocaust and subsequent genocides, with a strong focus on intergenerational engagement. Reflecting Coventry as one of the UK’s youngest cities, the programme will actively involve young people alongside survivors, c...

Private

Blue Coat School - Survivor Speaker - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Using the Generation2Generation organisation students at Blue Coat school will get the chance to speak to somebody who has a deeper understanding of the events of the Holocaust. This activity will allow students to hear a real life experience, to ...