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Edinburgh Castle will floodlight the Castle purple on the evening of 27/01/25 for the Light the Darkness campaign/Holocaust Memorial Day.

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...

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...

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 ...

Father's House will be hosting a Holocaust Memorial Service on Monday 27th January 2025 at 6.30pm - 8pm

What have we not learnt from The Holocaust?
The rise in antisemitism today is a clear sign that we have not learned from history ...

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...

From 8pm on Monday 27th January, we plan to light up in purple the Markinch building of Heart of Fife Parish Church. This is in the centre of the historic village of Markinch in Fife.
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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...

Start date 13/01/2025 - 13/02/2025, Sharples secondary school art piece on display at the Asda Bolton store depicting type of people who were victims of the Holocaust and are still marginalized today. Variety materials used, techniques painting p...

We are marking the 80 yrs since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau & the 30 yrs since the genocide of Bosnia by holding two one hour ceremonies in Wigan & Leigh Town Hall. We will be sharing our 80 Candleholder as well as our Memorial fo...

After a lesson using the resources from the HMDT, Year 5/6 at St Lewis' reflected on the lessons that we can learn from the experiences of the victims of discrimination and stereotyping. The children were astonished at the cruelty shown during the...

The HMD Service in Bolton will be open to public with attendance from school children, civic, faith and community leaders to mark the 80th anniversary of liberation. Mayor of Bolton , Leader of the Council and others will make speeches which will ...

We created a sway that was sent around all Perth and Kinross Council Staff to give facts and information that Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place every year on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest N...

Listen to the experiences of Iles Beres and her family during the Holocaust, told by her only son, Martyn Hyman.

lse Beres was the only daughter of Rosa and Max Beres. She was born in 1924 in Vienna, where she lived until 1938. But this sto...

Key buildings around town including Perth Bridge and St Pauls Square will be illuminated in purple in the evening to mark holocaust memorial day. As well as illuminating in purple ‘Moving Portraits’ resources from the HMD site are used to create a...

Bury is hosting our annual Holocaust Memorial Event on Thursday 30th January.

The event is invite-only to attend in person but the event will be streamed online at www.bury.gov.uk

The event sees young people from local schools narra...

Public vigil outside Skipton Town Hall ( North Yorkshire). Starts 4 pm
Organised by Skipton Quakers & Craven District of Sanctuary.

Displays in Skipton & Settle libraries

This event has been organised through the Northern Holocaust Education Group
Date- 16th January 2025
Start time: 1.20pm
End time- 3,10pm
Audience- Year 9 pupils
Leah Burman, facilitated by the NHEG, has kindly agreed...

we are not Jewish but we lit a Jewish candle and on Facebook profile and cover photo were about remembering.