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.
Victor Klemperer was a Professor of Romance Languages at the Techinical University of Dresden. Born to a Jewish family, he converted to Protestantism and married Eva Schlemmer, an 'Aryan'. Klemperer kept a secret diary between 1933 and 1945 record...
This is one of many events taking place, but we had a Jeanette Marx come in to share her mother's testimony to all our year 12 students (140), as part of the their Core lesson. This was arranged through generation2generation.
Last year this assembly did not happen and I thought after we have done it so well in the past and I still have Memorial day booklets then why not try again this year. I have received approval from my LM and the other Line Manager.
23rd 10' ...
1100 am - 12.00 pm
Solilhull Metropolitan Council
To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day and 80 years of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Austrian Cultural Forum London is delighted to present a special concert by the renowned international singer Timna Brauer. She will be accompanied on ...
V&A Schools Live: Careers Insights with The Blue Skies Project’s Anton Kusters and Ruben Samama
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 15.30 – 16.30
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This is a short multi faith service led by the Mayor in a local park with flag raising, candle lighting, laying of pebbles (in lieu of candles) and is open to anyone to attend.
(there is nothing on our website yet)
Holocaust Memorial Day was observed on Monday 27 January at the Spotlight and Lowewood Museum Gardens in Hoddesdon.
Ahead of the afternoon memorial service, Broxbourne Council held a flag raising ceremony at Bishops’ College in the morning,...
A public HMD event on Monday 27th January 2025 from 10.30-12.00.
Speaker, Natalie Cumming, will talk about her aunt, a violinist in Auschwitz.
Local schools will be taking part providing readings, music, and an art exhibition.
Re...
Sudan has been at war for longer than it has been at peace. The Sudanese people have been plagued by genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes since independence in 1956.
In 2003, a civil war began in the region between the sedent...
John Wood will present his articulate audio- visual presentation called 'The Holocaust: the Liberation of Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp. John Wood is the son of Belsen liberator, Major Leonard Berney. This is brilliant not be missed account wit...
Students from 6th form will listen to speaker talking about her grandfathers story.
I'll set up a display at Tooting Library with a range of resources I have created over the past year. This includes posters with information about the Holocaust, as well as other genocides.
I will also help to set up additional displays wi...
The Jewish Dog is a new contemporary performance inspired by a book written by Asher Kravitz. The performance filters the darkest period of Jewish history through the naive perspective of a dog. Using visual storytelling tools like close-circle-ca...
Jewish Greens, with support from other Green Party special groups, are hosting an online Holocaust Memorial Day event, at 6:30pm on Wednesday 22nd January 2025, to hear the story of Alice Svarin, told by her daughter Vera.
Alice Svarin was...
To A Child Refugee in a Foreign Land
Grete Rudkin (nee Glauber) was born in Vienna in 1930. In 1939, her mother Elsa sent Grete to England on the Kindertransport, and she began a new life in Enfield under the care of Olive Rudkin
Thi...
A short Service will take place at Bromsgrove District Council, Parkside Suite, Parkside, Market Street, Bromsgrove B61 8DA at 11 am.
The Service had originally been planned to take place in Sanders Park. PLEASE NOTE: due to the weather f...
IWM London will be taking part in the Light the Darkness national moment on 27 January from 8pm.
HMS Belfast will be taking part in the Light the Darkness national moment on 27 January from 8pm.
Commemoration service Monday 27 January 2025,
Start 2pm
Finish 2.30pm