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*The map is now CLOSED for 2026* 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.

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Aberdeen Grammar School - Speaker Event - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

In light of the Holocaust Memorial Day theme for 2026, ‘Bridging Generations’, they have the privilege of attending a talk and Q and A session with Gillian Field, daughter of Holocaust survivors Henry Wuga and Ingrid Wolff. Gillian’s parents met i...

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University of Aberdeen - Gen2Gen Speaker - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 10 February 2026,

Giving a talk to social subjects student teachers on teaching the Holocaust in secondary schools. This willbe followed by a talk from Maria Chamberlain about her family's story.

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Dyce Academy - Assembly - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Starting from 27th January, we will hold assemblies every day (one for each year group) of that week. S2 pupils who have been studying the Holocaust will lead the assemblies with the help of our Senior pupils - Equalities Ambassadors.

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Truro Cathedral - HMD commemoration ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

The event is on Holocaust Memorial Day, Tuesday 27 January 2026. The service commences at 12noon and will run to 1.15pm. It will include readings and reflections, through different media, from people affected by the Holocaust and genocide. Every...

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Jersey - HMD Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

As the only British soil occupied by German forces in the Second World War, Jersey remembers the victims of the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent acts of genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. There is a special focus on the h...

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Highland Friends of Israel - Display/Exhibition - HMD 2026

Saturday, 24 January 2026,

HFOI are also doing a display of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Life Stories and the History of the Holocaust plus some Information from Vad VaShem and other sources on the exterior of our gazebo and on our billboards in the middle of Inverness Hig...

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Highland Friends of Israel - Display - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 20 January 2026,

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Life Stories and some of the history of the Holocaust and a few pieces from Yad VaShem are on display in the main libary of Inverness from today Monday 19th January to Monday 2nd February.

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum - Arts Activity - HMD 2026 Public

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum - Arts Activity - HMD 2026

Monday, 5 January 2026,

An installation of origami butterflies went on display in the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Community Space to mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme, Bridging Generations.

The theme underscores the importance of connecting people ac...

Durham University - Talk - HMD 2026 Private

Durham University - Talk - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 28 January 2026,

Wednesday 28 January 2026 18.00-19.15
Organised by the Durham University Jewish Society, Durham University Chaplaincy Network and Stephenson College, Durham University
Talk delivered by Vivienne Cato (Northern Holocaust Education Group...

British Airways - Light the Darkness, Survivor Speaker - HMD 2026 Private

British Airways - Light the Darkness, Survivor Speaker - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 20 January 2026,

This year we ran a series of activites across the week leading up to HMD. We started with welcoming Steven Frank to talk in our HQ. This was an in person and online event and attracted over 180 people in total. The recording of the talk was shared...

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Folkestone Town Council - Ceremony - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

The Service took place on 27th January 2026 at 11am - 12.30pm, organisations involved were the Folkestone Town Council as organisers, local secondary schools were invited and reps from 4 local schools attended and each spoke about a specific subje...

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St. Modan's High School - Workshops - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Two of our S6 pupils took part in the Lesson's From Auschwitz Project towards the end of 2025; as part of their next steps for this project the pupils were keen to share their learning and experience with younger pupils at our school.

We d...

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St. Ninian's High School, Giffnock - Lesson - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Classes in the lower school S1-S3 read Tom Palmer's "Five Words" story in their English classes. The classes then reflected on the impact of the story in various ways such as class discussions, written reflections etc. Pupils were very moved beca...

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Park House School - Assembly - HMD 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026,

Assembly - as described above all students attended an online assembly delivered by a subject expert (History teacher) using HMD resources as a guide for the content to include in the assembly.

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Mintlaw Academy - Talk - HMD 2026

Wednesday, 25 February 2026,

Our S3 classes have been using the Life Stories to remember the lives of people affected by the Holocaust.

They have been working in small groups to research, and to share key information about these stories, passing them on.

On 25...