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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.

St James Barrow Bellringers - Bell Tolling - HMD 2025 Public

St James Barrow Bellringers - Bell Tolling - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

6pm - Tolling tenor bell half-muffled, i.e. alternately muffled (in memory) and open/loud and bright (prayer for better future).

General public can hear the bell being tolled across the local community, especially closer to the church.

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Friends of Linthorpe Cemetery/Nature Reserve - Talk - HMD 2025 Public

Friends of Linthorpe Cemetery/Nature Reserve - Talk - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

On 27th January 2025 at 5.30 p.m. we will be holding a short history talk in the Hebrew Prayer House and brief commemorative event at our 2022 Auschwitz Poem Silver Birch tree (seen in the photograph) to mark the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation...

Light a Candle of Hope vigil - Brighton Quakers - HMD 2025 Public

Light a Candle of Hope vigil - Brighton Quakers - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

From 12.30pm to 5.00pm on January 27th 2025.
Brighton Quakers invite everybody to join them to light candles and remember all people who have died in genocides around the world.
It is a drop-in event and people can stay for however lon...

Private

The Anne Frank Trust Cumbria and Chetwynde School - Assembly - HMD 2025

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

The Anne Frank Trust, Cumbria and Chetwynde Secondary school, Barrow are hosting a commemoration assembly on Monday 27th January - 2:30pm-3:30pm. This will be led by Anne Frank student ambassadors and other students from the Secondary and Primary ...

Public

Bournemouth and Poole HMD committee - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Sunday, 26 January 2025,

We will be marking the 30th anniversary of the Bosnian genocide and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. We will have a short presentation from a Bosnian woman who was a young girl in Bosnia 30 years ago We will hear about the arti...

Public

YMCA - GoodVibes Sip In and Candle Making - HMD 2025

Tuesday, 28 January 2025,

GoodVibes is YMCA Swansea's LGBTQ+ youth group that meets in Person at YMCA Swansea every Tuesday 6-8pm. This HMD we will be paying respect by creating and lighting candles and in on honor of those LGBTQ persons who were persecuted and those who s...

Race Council Cymru - A memorial poster - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

We have a poster designed with quote from the Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and Norma Glass, a member of the Welsh Jewish community, which will be uploaded on our social media platforms on the 27th of January 2025.

Private

Swansea University - Talk: The Story of Tootje Granaat - HMD 2025

Tuesday, 28 January 2025,

Our guest speaker, Melanie Martin, will share the story of Tootje (Cato) Granaat (1926 – 2020) on Tuesday, 28th January 2025, from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions towards the end of the session.

Public

Somerset HMD Organising Committee - Ceremony- HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

The Somerset Holocaust Memorial event will be held in St Johns Church, Park Street Taunton TA1 4DG on Monday 27th January 2025 12.30 till 13.30. This commemoration is organised by a small collection of community representatives, Somerset Interfait...

Fishburn Parish Council - Light the Darkness - HMD 2025 Public

Fishburn Parish Council - Light the Darkness - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

80 years on from the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, On HMD 27-01-2025 Fishburn Parish Council will light The Queen Elizabeth II Beacon of Hope at 7pm for 20/30 minutes with a short reading, Front Street, Fishburn TS21 4AA

Public

Hastings Jewish Community - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

A civic event held at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings. Supported y Hastings Borough Council and run by the Hastings Jewish Community. The full programme includes a specially written play, contributions from a local school, prayers and candle ...

Eastbourne's Holocaust Memorial Day Event - HMD 2025 Public

Eastbourne's Holocaust Memorial Day Event - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

Thursday 27 January 2025, 6.30pm to 8:30pm
Wellcome Building, Carlisle Rd, Eastbourne, BN21 4BP (next to the Congress Theatre)

The event will commemorate those who suffered in The Holocaust under Nazi Persecution, and in subsequent...

Private

St John Lloyd Catholic School - Assembly - HMD 2025

Tuesday, 28 January 2025,

St John Lloyd Catholic School are proud to be supporting the Holocaust theme for this year 'For a Better Future'. Year 8 will be leading assembly, bringing awareness to the school community and securing a better future for all.

Public

Hastings Jewish Community - Ceremony - HMD 2025

Monday, 27 January 2025,

“For a Better Future”

Hastings will host its annual Holocaust Memorial Day service at 6.30pm on Monday 27 January 2025. The one-hour event will be held at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings on Hastings seafront opposite the Pier. The commemor...