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.
THEY LEFT NO FOOTPRINTS - a talk by Diana Cook: Wells Maltings
Margot Pogorzelski, was born in a small town in Lower Silesia, Germany. which now belongs to Poland. Margot fled to England in 1939, a few weeks before war broke out. Her two el...
Lord Mayor and Sheriff of Chester - 27 January 2026 - Chester's lights the darkness event
Chester Landmarks will be lit up purple, social media messages and candles placed inside Chester Town Hall.
Assembly to Year 8
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...
Lowestoft Commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
All are welcome to join us at the Parcels Office, Lowestoft Railway Station, for a service of reflections and poems, culminating in the laying of wreaths. Included as part of the event is ...
Lowestoft Commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
Join us at Kensington Gardens at 1:30pm for a reflective event including short readings from local Primary School Students. The event will include laying coloured flowers at the Holocaust ...
We will have an hour of quiet reflection and learning at the War Memorial Art Gallery in Stockport.
We are honoured to welcome Peter, our Living History speaker from the Yeshurun Hebrew Congregation and we will also be showing a video of the...
Father’s House has been promoting Holocaust Education for over twenty five years.
During that time we have held our exhibition in various locations across Wales at Libraries and Schools. For several years, we held the exhibition at Liverpo...
Holocaust Educational Evening.
Recent studies indicate that 83% of young people today express an interest in learning more about the Holocaust, presenting educators with a valuable opportunity to teach the historical realities of Nazi propag...
KS3 pupils took part in a prayer service, remembering and praying for the victims of the holocaust and all those affected by genocide, racism, discrimination and hatred. We thought about our challenge to be people who act justly, act tenderly and ...
A Holocaust Memorial Day assembly will be delivered to all Key Stage 2 pupils (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6). The assembly will be delivered by Miss Cartmill, Humanities Subject Lead for History and Geography.
The purpose of the assembly is to raise...
"Branches of memory, wings of peace"
INSTALLATION WILL BE AT THOMAS ASHTON SCHOOL ON 27.01.26 9AM-2.00PM
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2026, 'Bridging Generations', is a call-to-action. A reminder that the responsibility...
St Peter's Church of England Church in Sheringham is holding a service to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and reflect on the tragic loss of life. During the service, there will be readings from shared scripture between Christian and Jewish traditions,...
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 My Voice project has produced 7 short films of our Survivor storytellers, based on their life story books and with additional material of them at home and with their families.
Guests were welcomed to the event at Manchester Met Universit...
Pupils at Manchester Hospital School will be marking Holocaust Memorial Day through:
- Secondary assemblies focusing on what HMD day is and giving information about other genocides since, giving pupils the opportunity to learn, reflect and d...
Every year on 27 January, the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). The day for everyone to remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and the millions of people killed in Nazi Persecution and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia,...
My Voice Project launch of Travelling Exhibition 2026
The Fed's My Voice Project has created a 5-panelled travelling exhibition based on 4 My Voice life story books. The content was created by the My Voice team in conjunction with an educat...
Memory, Meaning and Belonging – Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
Manchester Histories, in collaboration with Holocaust Centre North, will host a Holocaust Memorial Day event at Manchester Histories Hub, Manchester Central Library, on Tuesday 20 ...
We will be inviting colleagues of the Co-op within Head office to come and light a candle and to educate them on Holocaust Memorial day. We will also me sharing material online for our field colleagues.