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.
Leicester’s Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration
Tuesday 27 January 2026 from 7pm to 8.30pm (approx) followed by refreshments.
Annual Event sponsored by Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Leicester Council of Fai...
Oadby & Wigston Borough Council is inviting people to come and mark Holocaust Memorial Day with a short ceremony. The ceremony will start at 12 noon and will last approximately 30 minutes.
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...
HMD Interfaith Remembrance Event
Derbyshire Jewish Community, the Multi-Faith Centre, and Every Stitch A Story are hosting a remembrance event featuring the 80 Candles Memorial Quilt and testimonies about the families of members of Derbyshi...
The Nottingham Liberal Jewish Congregation and the Nottingham & Derby Methodist District are sharing together in leading a commemoration on 27th January 2026 at the Holocaust Memorial in Gedling Country Park, Spring Ln, Nottingham NG4 4PE at 2...
An exhibition of art work from Stamford schools
and colleges to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day
The service will be led by Rev, Andrew Hollins which will Include an address from our mayor. Following the service there will be an exhibition of artwork from local schools and colleges at the town hall, the exhibition will also be on display for ...
This is a public event on Tuesday 27th January 2026 at 11am to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. It has happened every year for the last 25 years. Led by the Mayor of Warwick there is a short memorial event involving readings by students from Warwick's...
Burntwood Town Council will light up their HQ, the Old Mining College, purple and promote this on social media to raise awareness locally.
Birmingham Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration
Birmingham’s annual civic commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day will take place at the Council House, Banqueting Suite, on Monday 26 January at 11:00am. Doors open at 10:30am, when visitors w...
Sandwell Council Metropolitan Borough Councils annual Holocaust Memorial Service
Date: Sunday, 25 January 2026
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Memorial Gardens, Highfield House (Sandwell Register Office), West Bromwich B7...
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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As part of Holocaust Memorial Day, we are hosting an event at the Chesterfield Library.
The event will take place on Tuesday 27 January 2026 from 6.30pm to 8pm, and we will be joined remotely by Peter Summerfield BEM and his grandson Harry S...
Bridging Generations an event held by Staffs Moorlands DC and Leek Town Council
As he has done for several years now Staffordshire Moorlands District Councillor and Communities Portfolio holder Bill Cawley has organised the annual National ...
Feast day celebration for St Maximilian Kolbe
We celebrate the life of St Maximilian Kolbe, a catholic saint who gave his life in the place of another man in Auschwitz. As part of the day the northern holocaust memorial service are giving a ...
Guest speaker, Lesley Urback will speak in assembly to year 10 pupils about her mother's survival and experience of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution.
This will be followed up by Telford and Wrekin Council who will host a civic ceremony i...
This year’s event will take place at the Clifton Park Bandstand, starting at 12pm and lasting around half an hour. The national theme for 2026 is ‘Bridging Generations’, which highlights how each of us plays a part in passing on the lessons and st...
Tuesday 27th January
10.30-12.00 at the Guildhall, Worcester
This event is organised by Worcestershire Interfaith Forum on behalf of Worcester City Council.
Our guest speaker is Revd Tony Rindl, whose father came on the Kindertr...
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), 27 January 2026, marks 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a day for everyone to remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution, and in subsequent genocides in...
We will be holding a public event on the steps of Luton Town Hall.
Our Mayor will light a candle at sunset and give a speech.
There will be 2 poems read by one of our Directors and our Chief Executive