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.
Public vigil outside Skipton Town Hall ( North Yorkshire). Starts 4 pm
Organised by Skipton Quakers & Craven District of Sanctuary.
Displays in Skipton & Settle libraries
Accrington Town Hall (42 Blackburn Rd, Accrington, BB5 1LA) and Great Harwood Clock Tower (Town Hall Street, Great Harwood, BB6 7DE) will both be lit purple on the 27th of January 2025 to commemorate International Holocaust Day.
The flag wi...
Learning from genocide for a better future. This ceremony will be attended by civic leaders of Stafford Borough. It marks the designation of Saint Mary's, Stafford as a sanctuary church, and the main speaker will reflect this.
Service for the community being held at St. Luke's Church, Church Street, Cannock at 10 a.m.
Display of posters and information about HMD and various atrocities both on local notice boards and on our Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/HuncoteParishCouncil) and X feed (www.x.com/HuncotePC).
A service of remembrance where pupils from All Saints C of E Primary School in Wigston shared a poem, and reflections were delivered by local residents and faith leaders.
The event was attend by members of the council and the public.
The Worshipful the Mayor of the Borough of North East Lincolnshire Council along with his Mayoral Chaplain, Father Andrew Cole will be holding a short Commemoration Event followed by the lighting of a candle on the main stairs in Grimsby Town Hall...
Oadby & Wigston Borough Council is inviting the local community to our annual Holocaust Memorial Day Service at the Sheila Mitchell Pavilion, Peace Memorial Park, Long St, Wigston to mark Holocaust Memorial Day at 12noon on Monday 27 January.<...
Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg will give a talk to Years 9, 10, and 11 pupils at Burton Borough School in Newport, Telford on the 21st January 2025 at 2.10pm.
6th form history pupils from nearby Newport Girls School and Adams Grammar Sc...
Come along to a commemorative service marking Holocaust Memorial Day.
St George The Martyr Church, George's Road (off Lune Street), Preston PR1 2NP
Join Settle Quakers in a Peace Vigil to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025.
6.45 pm Meet in Settle Market Place with a lighted candle and walk in silence with us to the Meeting House. There will be an exhibition to mark Holocaust Memorial Day...
A solemn ceremony of remembrance and reflection as we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and those from other acts of genocide throughout history.
St Michaels Churchyard on Friday 24th January 2025 at 11am
A collection of artwork from local schools and colleges on the theme 'For A Better Future'
Monday 27th January until Friday 31st January 2025
Among the victims of Nazi racism were hundreds of thousands of European Roma – interned, murdered, sterilised and driven from their homes. Manolito Steinbach is a German Sinto, born in Berlin, and a professional musician. He grew up hearing about ...
Monday 27th January commenced with a private wreath-laying at St John’s Gardens. Those in attendance included Lord Mayor, Cllr Richard Kemp, Rabbi Natan Fagleman and the president of the Merseyside Jewish Representative Council, Barry Levene. They...
On 27th January 2025, between 3.30 and 4.30pm, Bernice Krantz will be visiting University College Birmingham to deliver a talk in honour of Holocaust Memorial Day. Bernice will be covering the story of a friend, Toby Biber, who survived the Holoca...
Candle lighting and short service
eLearning available for staff
Liverpool landmarks lit up purple.
Song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom follows the journey of Liverpool lawyer and MP David Maxwell Fyfe from Nuremberg, where he was a leading prosecutor at the war crimes trials, to Strasbourg where he was the British drafter of the European C...
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025
Banqueting Suite, Council House
Victoria Square
B1 1BB
Door Open - 10:30
Ceremony starts -11:00 - 12:30
Candle lighting, poetry, music and speakers
An event to honour the survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides, and remember those that were murdered.
It will take place on the 27th January at AFC Telford United Stadium at
10.00am for a 10.30 start, and end at about 11.30am.<...