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Service in the Memorial Garden at Lancaster Town Hall at 6.00pm followed by refreshments in the Town Hall.

Genocide never just happens. There is always a set of circumstances which occur or which are created to build the climate in which genocide can take place. To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, we presented 10 contemporary objects from The Holoca...

Holocaust Memorial Day Event
1940s DANCE FOR PEACE - Tuesday 27th January
7.30pm Swing Jive & 9pm Strolls
This event is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day - notably the genocides and persecutions of the 1940s by the Nazis of Jewi...

Westmorland and Furness Council will mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) by lighting up key buildings.

This is part of the national #LightTheDarkness initiative led by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT).

On Tuesday (27...

The historic Preston Market canopy will be lit purple on the evening of Tuesday 27 January.

A commemorative service will take place at St Georges Church Preston.
🗓️ Tuesday 27 January, 12pm
📍 St George The Martyr Church, George's Road (off Lune Street), Preston PR1 2NP

Settle Friends Meeting Quakers

Join Settle Quakers in a Peace Vigil
6.45pm Tuesday January 27th
Meet in Settle Market Square with a lighted candle and walk in silence with us to the Meeting House.
There will be an Exhibiti...

On the 16th of January 2026, Marin Hyman an ex-colleague of mine will deliver a talk to the parishioners of Bolton by Bowland village, Ribble Valley, Lancashire. The talk will focus entirely on Martin’s relative’s experiences of the concentration...

St Annes Hebrew Congregation, HMD 2026

Commemoration of Holocaust, organised by ourselves for last 8 years following Blackpool Council's decision to no longer hold the event.
The event is being held with the support of NHEG, Ernie Hun...

27 January 4pm Vigil outside Skipton Town Hall. All welcome

Ziggy Landchaft: His story told by his daughter Leah Burman

Thursday 29/01/2026 (6:00pm to 7:00pm)

Rawtenstall Library (Lecture Hall)

This is the miraculous story of Ziggy’s survival. Had it not been for his own resilience thr...

Our Borough is marking the 25th Anniversary of Holocaust Memorial Day by holding a Commemoration Event in the Atrium at Wigan Town Hall. Our Guest Speaker is Alison Cooper from the Northern Holocaust Education Group and she is sharing the story of...

Our annual Holocaust Memorial Day Service will take place on 27/01/26 in the Bolton Town Hall.
The service is open to public and hope to have participations from school children, faith and community groups. The service will be attended by t...

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary, Atherton. "Building Bridges" 2026

Pupils were involved in a workshop : "Building Bridges" in preparation for their participation in the Leigh Town Hall HMD Commemoration on Tuesday 27th January, 2026 ( Nationa...

An assembly led by students to mark the week of Holocaust Memorial Day, supported by form-time learning.

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 ...

We are going to host a guest speaker in our school to give their testimony about their mothers experience during the holocaust to our Year 9's who are currently studying the holocaust as a topic in History lessons.

We will have 5 separate Collective Worship presentations about Holocaust Memorial Day and a display in our worship centre, which will feature a number of Prayer Stations and reflective activities. There will be survivor stories displayed; facts an...

We will hold assemblies for all year groups in the week before HMD. These will be taken by a History specialist and sixth formers who visited Auschwitz. The following week we will have a memorial in the school entrance hall. The memorial will i...

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...