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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.

Austrian Cultural Forum - Discussion, Exhibition - HMD 2026 Private

Austrian Cultural Forum - Discussion, Exhibition - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 21 January 2026,

Arc of History Panel Discussion: Bridging Generations

Wed 21 Jan 2026 7:00PM

On the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 and 30 years of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, the Austrian ...

Westminster Synagogue - Film Screening - HMD 2026 Public

Westminster Synagogue - Film Screening - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Join us on Tuesday 27th January as we, along with the world, mark Holocaust Memorial Day. This year we will commemorate this important day with a screening of The Commandant’s Shadow, which follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf H...

Public

London Borough of Barnet - Commemoration Service - HMD 2026

Sunday, 25 January 2026,

The event will be held on Sunday 25th January 2026 at 2pm finishing approx 3.30pm.
It will be held in the Quadrangle at Middlesex University.
The ceremony will include a diverse audience with many young people included. There will be c...

Deutsche Schule London - Survivor speaker - HMD 2026 Public

Deutsche Schule London - Survivor speaker - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 21 January 2026,

Eva Clarke was born during the last weeks of the Second World War in the concentration camp Mauthausen. Listen to her story.
We are fortunate and grateful to have Eva Clarke with us to talk about her difficult start into life during the last...

Hillingdon Libraries, Manor Farm Library - Talk - HMD 2026 Public

Hillingdon Libraries, Manor Farm Library - Talk - HMD 2026

Thursday, 29 January 2026,

The Story of Moshe Senensieb 1919 - 1990 and Ester Kraut 1922 - 2021

The story Aliya tells about her parents' exile to remote parts of the Soviet Union is little known. It is the story of many Polish Jews who had similar experiences and sur...

Hillingdon Libraries, West Drayton Library - Talk - HMD 2026 Public

Hillingdon Libraries, West Drayton Library - Talk - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 21 January 2026,

Angela Strach tells her father's story and his family's fate.

The Story of Eric Strach

Wednesday 21 January 2.15pm to 3pm
West Drayton library
Hillingdon

Angela, recounts Eric's experiences during the war, how he w...

Holocaust Research Institute - Film Screening - HMD 2026 Public

Holocaust Research Institute - Film Screening - HMD 2026

Thursday, 29 January 2026,

"Bridging Generations" is a Documentary Film Series that commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day 2026. It is coordinated by Dr Simone Gigliotti from the Holocaust Research Institute in the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London,...

Surrey History Centre - Social Media Activity - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Surrey History Centre: A Forgotten Scrapbook

Discover the early artistic talents of a German-Jewish refugee at Stoatley Rough School in Haslemere who became a renowned children's book illustrator in New York. Take a look at our webpage that...

Crowborough Stand Up to Racism - Talk - HMD 2026 Public

Crowborough Stand Up to Racism - Talk - HMD 2026

Friday, 30 January 2026,

Never Again - Holocaust Memorial Day meeting

Speakers include Gaby Weiner, author of Tales of Loving and Leaving

Friday 30 January 6.30pm, Jarvis Brook Memorial Hall, Crowborough, TN6 2EG

Organised by Crowborough Stand Up to R...

Public

Lewes Holocaust Memorial Day Group - Talk - HMD 2026

Saturday, 24 January 2026,

Free event open to all (retiring collection).

Bridging Generations: HMD in Lewes
John Wood will present a 40-minute talk with archival photos and testimony about his father Leonard Berney, who was one of the first of the Allied troops...

Private

Brighton Quakers - Light a Candle of Hope Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

January 27th 2026
12.30am to 5.00pm.
You are very welcome to join us on Holocaust Memorial Day as we hold in our thoughts all the people who were killed in the Holocaust in Nazi Germany and all the people killed in many genocides since...

Public

Havant Borough Council - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

HAVANT BOROUGH COUNCIL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COMMEMORATION 2026

Havant Borough Council are holding a short non-denominational service of commemoration at the Public Service Plaza, Civic Centre Road, Havant at 11.00am on Tuesday 27th January 20...

Public

Folkestone Town Council - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Tuesday 27th January 2026 at 11am, Garden of Remembrance, Folkestone

An annual service providing members of the community the opportunity to remember people murdered in the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides with an educational element f...