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.
Our annual commemorative event is taking place on Sunday 25th January, 2.00- 4.30.
We always start our event the same way with 7 adults lighting 7 candles and 7 young people reading from the Holocaust statement of commitment
Using the ...
A moment to reflect and commemorate memory of the Holocaust and other genocides across different generations.
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...
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...
Presentation to our Year 6 class by a relative of a Holocaust survivor.
Susie Barnett a German Holocaust survivor will addrees us with slides for an hour.
Tuesday 27 January 2026, 2pm, commemorative service. Local schools participating.
To mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and Birkenau and the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust selected 80 UK organisations to participate in the “80 candles for 80 years” initiative....
Maidstone Borough Council will light up our Town Hall purple for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) at 8pm on Tuesday 27 January 2026, as part of national Light the Darkness moment.
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...
Assembly to Year 8
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...
The event is on Holocaust Memorial Day, Tuesday 27 January 2026. The service commences at 12noon and will run to 1.15pm. It will include readings and reflections, through different media, from people affected by the Holocaust and genocide. Every...
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 ...
Talk by a member of NHEG for years 5&6 followed by a question and answer session
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...
Local schools and community groups have contributed to the annual Holocaust commemoration library exhibition which is open from Monday 19th January until Saturday 31st January in Bangor Carnegie library.
Holocaust commemoration talk