Ceredigion County Council - Lighting the Darkness - HMD 2025
Monday, 27 January 2025,The Bandstand and Canolfan Alun R. Edwards in Aberystwyth will be lit up in purple.
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The Bandstand and Canolfan Alun R. Edwards in Aberystwyth will be lit up in purple.
An event will take place in the Senedd at lunchtime on Wednesday 22 January involving cross-party Members of the Senedd and Welsh Government representatives.
Castell Coch will be illuminated as part of the Light the darkness campaign.
The Welsh Government Building in Cardiff will be lit in purple to mark Light the Darkness
The daughter of a Holocaust survivor is coming to talk our year 9s about her father's plight in the concentration camps and his life thereafter.
Holocaust Memorial outdoor service and candle lighting.
St. Paul's Church, Rusthall is holding a Holocaust Memorial Day service starting at 8pm, finishing by 9.30pm. Along with what promises to be a very moving and reflective service, there will be a display at the back of the church containing informa...
Year 10 will have an hour session with a representative of a Holocaust survivor's family, organised through Generation2Generation having been booked for a number of months.
On Thursday 6th February Holmewood House Prep School is hosting a generation2generation event. It will start at 2pm and finish at 4.45pm. We also have Mr. Paul Tweddle speaking. We have other schools, both senior and prep joining us to fill the au...
Holocaust Memorial Day Event
1940s DANCE FOR PEACE - Sunday 26th January
Gregson Centre, 33 - 35 Moor Gate, Lancaster LA1 3PY - £7.50
Jive 6.30-8.00pm - Salsa 8.00-9.30pm
This event is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day - notab...
Great Yarmouth Borough Council is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 with its annual service in the borough.
The service will take place at the Blackfriars Cemetery in Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth.
The service will be led by Rev...
Kent's Kindertransport Legacy: An Author Talk with Deborah Cadbury and Mike Levy
Join us for a special Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) author event featuring two distinguished authors, Deborah Cadbury and Mike Levy.
Deborah Cadbury is a...
The Parkes Institute at the University of Southampton will host on behalf of the city of Southampton a public event in the Sir James Matthews Building, 157-187 Above Bar, Southampton, from 18:00-20:00 (doors open 17:30). The Lord Mayor of Southam...
Susanna Kester, a speaker with G2G, is giving a talk to some pupils from Great Walstead School about her family's experiences during the Holocaust
This ceremony will include a reflective speech given by Professor Lawrence Goldman, Emeritus Fellow in History, St Peter’s College, Oxford and live music performance by Jewish performers “Da Marjanbo”.
2:30pm | Kensington Gardens
A local school will join the international community in placing 80 decorative candles as part of the “80 candles for 80 years” campaign.
11:00am | Lowestoft Railway Station
Remembering Lowestoft's connection to the Kindertransport, there will be a series of reflections and poetry given by Lowestoft Town Councillors and local academy schools. This event will also include the ...
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...
Fareham Borough Council will be lighting the Market Quay Car Park walkway purple to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day
Havant Borough Council are planning on holding a short non-denominational service of commemoration at the Holocaust Memorial at Havant Cemetery, Eastern Road, Havant PO9 2JQ at 11.00 am on Monday 27th January 2025.
The service will focus o...