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.
We will be holding two special memorial services to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The services begin at 11:30am & 7pm and will last for approximately one hour.
Supported by Derry City and Strabane District Council the President of the Mothers of Srebrenica, Munira Subasic, will give a survivors talk. The Mayor will also participate and there will be inter faith reflections and a short film.
Good Relations department in Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has organised a public workshop led by Generation2Generation representative Maralyn Turgel who will share the story of her father Sam Gardner born in 1925 as Shmuel Yankel Golberg...
We will be marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 through our school assembly, linking this year's theme to our school values of kindness, resilience, honesty, respect and inclusion. We will share songs, poems and sketches designed or chosen by the c...
ONE LIFE tells the inspiring true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, whose unsung endeavours on the eve of World War II saved more than 600 children from their doom at the hands of the Nazis.
Holocaust Memorial Service, 11am at Saltcoats War Memorial. Short service, minutes silence, Pipers lament and blessing. Hosted by the Saltcoats, Ardrossan and Stevenston (SAS) Branch of Legion Scotland.
On Monday 20th January we will deliver a presentation to P6 & 7 pupils and discuss the Holocaust, Srebrenica, Ukraine/Russia and Israel/Palestine conflicts. A member of staff will discuss her own experiences and show pictures of her visits to...
Short act of remembrance focussing on Jane Haining from Dunscore village who died in Auschwitz
in 1944. She was the matron of the Scottish Mission to the Jews School in Budapest from 1932 until her death.
Pupils from Dunscore Primary ...
We will have our Lessons from Auschwitz pupils sharing their experiences, the music department performing and a speaker from Generation to Generation sharing her family’s story.
Light up of iconic local landmark-the Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow sculptures to mark the day with a corresponding post on our Inverclyde Council social media channels
Holocaust Memorial Day Event
The church building will be floodlit in purple from 8pm.
Glasgow Caledonian University is commemorating the eightieth anniversaries of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of the Second World War in Europe with three talks on the themes of criminality in war, military occupation, and their effects on...
Online service on Zoom to include celebration of 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and remembering 30th Anniversary of genocide in Bosnia. There will be hymns, prayers and times of reflection.
For this event, we are honoured to be hosting speakers whose parents were survivors of the Holocaust, and who made a life in Scotland. As many of those who experienced the horrors of the Holocaust first-hand are no longer with us, we now look to t...
On Tues 28th January 2025, St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art will host an event for our local primary school which commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day through guest speakers, workshops and art activities.
In the lead up to the even...
Westmorland and Furness Council will mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) by lighting up buildings and flying the HMD flag.
On Monday 27 January, Barrow and Kendal Town Halls will be illuminated in purple, while the HMD flag will f...
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.
...Union of Jewish Students invites students from across London to hear from Holocaust survivor Ivan Shaw BEM on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, HMD 80.
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 ...