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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.

University of Essex - Procession of Light - HMD 2025 Public

University of Essex - Procession of Light - HMD 2025

Thursday, 30 January 2025,

Join us as we walk together across the Colchester campus with our lanterns, crafted by the University of Essex Origami Society. The procession will finish with a gathering on the Silberrad Student Centre Plaza for a moment of reflection.

Public

Bristol City Hall - Public Talk - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

This year holds particular significance as we mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a milestone that resonates deeply with our commitment to remembering the atrocities of the Holocaust. It is also the 30th anniversary of the Sr...

Public

Gwent Police - Light the Darkness - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

The Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable will be lighting Gwent Police HQ in purple on 27 January at 8.00pm to mark the Holocaust Memorial Day.

Private

Manningtree High School - Workshop and Survivor Speaker - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

On the 27th January Year 9 will be receiving a two hour workshop on gradual persecution followed by different experiences from inside the camps. We will finish the day with a talk from a Generation2Generation speaker, who will talk about the exper...

RAF Biggin Hill Museum & Chapel - Find Ivy Exhibition - HMD 2025 Public

RAF Biggin Hill Museum & Chapel - Find Ivy Exhibition - HMD 2025

Saturday, 11 January 2025,

Finding Ivy is an exhibition curated by Dr. Helen Atherton (University of Leeds) and focuses on the experiences of British-born victims of the Nazi war on disabled people. The exhibition tells the story of Ivy Angerer and 12 other British-born vic...

Tredegar Town Council – Light the Darkness vigil - HMD 2025 Public

Tredegar Town Council – Light the Darkness vigil - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

As a tribute in commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day, the public are invited to join Members of Tredegar Town Council to light a candle to mark this historic international event.

Please wear something purple.

Guests are welcome to...

Private

Webinar on the testimony of Eva Clarke - Ebbw Vale - HMD 2025

Friday, 24 January 2025,

In the lead up to HMD 2025, on the 24th January 2025, we are inviting pupils across West Gwent (Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Torfaen) to attend a live webinar to hear the testimony of Eva Clarke. Eva Clarke, who has a personal connection to the a...

Public

BGCBC Lighting up The General Offices - Ebbw Vale - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

On the evening of the 27th January 2025, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council will light up The General Office council building on Steel Works Road. This is in acknowledgement of Holocaust Memorial Day 2025.

Public

Nailsea Town Council - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

Holocaust Memorial event in Nailsea
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27th January each year and is a time to remember the
millions of people murdered during the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution and in the genocides,
which f...

Blue Apple Theatre - Aktion T4 and life now in 2025 - HMD 2025 Public

Blue Apple Theatre - Aktion T4 and life now in 2025 - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

About the video
While the Holocaust is remembered rightly as an act of genocide against Europe’s Jewish population, the Nazis also sent close to 250,000 people with disabilities to their deaths. (Source: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust)
T...

Public

Medway HMD Planning Committee - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Tuesday, 28 January 2025,

The Medway Holocaust Memorial Day Event will take place at Cliffe Woods Primary School on Tuesday 28 January 2025 from 6pm, with refreshments from 5:30pm

The event includes presentations and payers by students from local schools and Medway ...

Public

Southend City Council - Ceremony with Survivor Talk- HMD 2025

Sunday, 26 January 2025,

Southend City Council will be holding a service of commemoration on Sunday 26th January, 3pm at the Civic Centre, Southend on Sea, SS2 6ER. We will welcome holocaust survivor Paul Sved, BEM, to give an address at this service, which will also inc...