Previous years’ themes
Each year Holocaust Memorial Day Trust develops a theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD).
The annual theme provides those preparing HMD activities with fresh ideas for interesting and inspiring commemorations. Each theme relates to the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and the genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Click on the links below to explore previous themes for Holocaust Memorial Day. To explore the theme for HMD 2025: For a Better Future, read our theme vision.
HMD 2024: Fragility of Freedom
HMD 2021: Be the light in the darkness
HMD 2015: Keep the memory alive
HMD 2013: Communities together: build a bridge
HMD 2008: Imagine…remember, reflect, react
HMD 2007: The dignity of difference