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.
Cardiff Castle will light up purple to mark HMD on Tuesday evening, 27 January 2026. Social media posts will be scheduled across all Cardiff Council platforms, and we will include #LightTheDarkness to encourage people to place a candle in their wi...
When: Monday 26 January, 18:30-19:30
Where: Emmanuel Community Centre, Rockhampton Road, CR2 7AF (Room G1)
The Ceremony: Everyone is welcome to join us in remembering the victims of the Holocaust. The event will feature moving readings...
Assemblies for all Year groups 7-13 exploring the Holocaust, this year's theme and tackling contemporary antisemitism.
St Dyfrig & St Samson Church, Cardiff CF11 6QE. Requiem Mass at 6:30pm 2026
Monday 26th January at 6:30pm
Requiem Mass for all victims of the Holocaust, St Dyfrig & St Samson Church.
Holocaust Memory and Theatre with Professor Erika Hughes
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2026, GSA welcomes Erika Hughes, writer, director, and Professor of Performance & Society, for a talk exploring how theatre has been one of the most...
1pm start Emily Cass is the guest speaker speaking to the Year 9s
Lesley Urbach from Generation 2 Generation charity. Lesley will be speaking about her mother and aunts experience of the Holocaust. This very much connects with Holocaust Memorial Day theme of 'bridging generations'.
Southend City Council Service of Commemoration 2026
Service of Commemoration on Sunday 25th January, 3pm at The Civic Centre, Southend on Sea, SS2 6ER. The service is open to the public and will include music, poetry, students presentation...
We have a speaker coming from the Generation2Generation charity to tell the story of Toby Biber. This will take place from 2.15-3.50 on Thursday 29th Jan.
Richard Bowers, Vanishing Point
Art Central Gallery, Barry - Holocaust Memorial Day Exhibition, 2026
Saturday 17 January until Saturday 28 February 2026
The Vale of Glamorgan Council is marking Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) w...
Golau’r Tywyllwch – Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Fel rhan o ddigwyddiad cenedlaethol Ymddiriedolaeth Coffáu’r Holocost i nodi Diwrnod Coffáu’r Holocost (27.01.2026), mae Cyngor Bro Morgannwg yn goleuo’r lleoliadau canlynol yn borffor:
• Tŵr y...
An awareness and engagement activity to highlight HMD, and a short time of reflection in the Police Learning Centre, led by the Chief Constable and Force Chaplain.
Join Salisbury City Council at The Guildhall on Tuesday 27 January 2026, as Salisbury marks Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD).
HMD takes place annually on 27 January. The international day remembers the six million Jews murdered during the Holoc...
The Medway Holocaust Memorial Day Event will take place at Rochester Cathedral on Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 5:30pm, with the help of students from local schools and Medway Youth Council, together with Kent Police, MIFA and representatives of the ...
Our annual HMD Jaw (Bedalian for assembly) will take place for all senior school students on Wednesday 28th January from 5-6pm. We have a speaker from G2G for the fourth successive year.
This year we will commemorate all those who were persecuted and lost their lives during the Holocaust. We will once again come together as a school community to stand up and speak
out against hatred and prejudice today.
Embley School in Hampshire will continue our annual commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day.
Pupils will attend a whole school assembly aiming to raise awareness, focused on the theme of 'Bridging Generations'.
This will be built upo...
A service of commemoration at Horsham Unitarian Church where all are welcome.
The Unitarian Church in Horsham, West Sussex, will be holding a Holocaust Remembrance service for its congregation and all comers at 5.00pm on the afternoon of the 27th. This is a repeat of a similar service held in 2025, which attracted a number ...
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.