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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 2025. Enter your post code to find activities near you - those marked 'public' are open to everyone.

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Hertswood Academy - Workshop for students on the Holocaust - HMD 2025

Friday, 14 February 2025,

Students are reading the book Once. Many of them do not have much prior knowledge of the events of the Holocaust. Students are year 7. Students will develop a deeper understanding of the history and a compassionate appreciation of the Jewish comm...

Broxbourne Borough Council - Service - HMD 2025 Public

Broxbourne Borough Council - Service - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

Holocaust Memorial Day was observed on Monday 27 January at the Spotlight and Lowewood Museum Gardens in Hoddesdon.

Ahead of the afternoon memorial service, Broxbourne Council held a flag raising ceremony at Bishops’ College in the morning,...

Aberystwyth University - Workshop "Fate Unknown"- HMD 2025 Public

Aberystwyth University - Workshop "Fate Unknown"- HMD 2025

Wednesday, 29 January 2025,

The Centre for the Movement of People at Aberystwyth University is pleased to host a free programme and exhibition provided by The Wiener Holocaust Library and the Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London to commemorate H...

Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue - Survivor speaker - HMD 2025 Private

Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue - Survivor speaker - HMD 2025

Monday, 13 January 2025,

Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue (EHRS) hosted a Holocaust Memorial Day event for over 200 Year 9 students from Canons High Secondary School. This required extensive planning from both the school and EHRS, including the participation of over 30...

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East Barnet School - Talk and educational workshops - HMD 2025

Thursday, 6 February 2025,

Thursday 6 Feb - All day (for over 200 Year 9 students)
Begins with Second Generation speaker (Gloria Silver) talking about her father's experience as a survivor.
Followed by a carousel of lessons on the topic of the Holocaust from RE,...

Barnet Libraries - Presentation by Dalya Wittenberg - HMD 2025 Public

Barnet Libraries - Presentation by Dalya Wittenberg - HMD 2025

Wednesday, 22 January 2025,

Join us online only on Wednesday 22 January 2025 from 7-8pm, London, UK time via MS Teams for: A Holocaust Memorial Day presentation by Dalya Wittenberg from Generation 2 Generation (G2G).

Dalya tells her grandmother’s Cilla Rotblat.

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK - Online Survivor Talk - HMD 2025 Private

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK - Online Survivor Talk - HMD 2025

Sunday, 19 January 2025,

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration will be an online event on 19th January 2025 at 3pm.

The Holocaust was one of the darkest chapter in human history.

With the emphasis on ‘Light the darkness ‘ theme...

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts - "Nicky's Family" - HMD 2025 Public

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts - "Nicky's Family" - HMD 2025

Tuesday, 28 January 2025,

Holocaust Memorial Day: Nicky's Family

Dir: Matej Minac 2011 | 96 mins

The remarkable true story of Maidenhead resident Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued over 600 Jewish Czech and Slovak children at the outbreak of World War II.

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Hillingdon Libraries - The Story of Eric Strach - HMD 2025 Public

Hillingdon Libraries - The Story of Eric Strach - HMD 2025

Friday, 31 January 2025,

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, Angela Strach tells her fathers story and his family's fate.

Using slides of video clips from testimonies her father gave to the Association of Jewish Refugees and the Shoah Foundation, letters and personal ...

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St Mary-at-Finchley Parish Church - Talk - HMD 2025

Sunday, 26 January 2025,

Our church of St Mary-at-Finchley CE and faith community has been commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day for the past two decades. This year we honour a very special anniversary, 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Guest speaker Emi...