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 2026. Enter your post code to find activities near you - those marked 'public' are open to everyone.
Civil Vigil taking place on 27 January 2026: 5.30pm-7.00pm, Cutlers Hall 7-15 Church Street, Sheffield, S1 1HG. The vigil includes Civic speakers, community speakers, faith speakers, schools, music, an exhibition and a survivor story presention fr...
This year’s event will take place at the Clifton Park Bandstand, starting at 12pm and lasting around half an hour. The national theme for 2026 is ‘Bridging Generations’, which highlights how each of us plays a part in passing on the lessons and st...
As part of Holocaust Memorial Day, we are hosting an event at the Chesterfield Library.
The event will take place on Tuesday 27 January 2026 from 6.30pm to 8pm, and we will be joined remotely by Peter Summerfield BEM and his grandson Harry S...
Throughout the week commencing 26 January, Barnsley College will be marking Holocaust Memorial Day with a series of reflective and educational activities. On Tuesday 27 January, our Personal Development Coordinator and the Welfare and Activities O...
Every year on 27 January, the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). The day for everyone to remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and the millions of people killed in Nazi Persecution and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia,...
Flag Raising with the Mayor of High Peak Borough Council at Buxton Pavilion Gardens for 10am and Glossop Norfolk Square for 12pm.
The Mayor will raise the flag and we will have 2 minute silence and say a few words
Feast day celebration for St Maximilian Kolbe
We celebrate the life of St Maximilian Kolbe, a catholic saint who gave his life in the place of another man in Auschwitz. As part of the day the northern holocaust memorial service are giving a ...
2pm on 25/01/26 until 3pm approx Vigil with speakers .
"Branches of memory, wings of peace"
INSTALLATION WILL BE AT THOMAS ASHTON SCHOOL ON 27.01.26 9AM-2.00PM
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2026, 'Bridging Generations', is a call-to-action. A reminder that the responsibility...
The Nottingham Liberal Jewish Congregation and the Nottingham & Derby Methodist District are sharing together in leading a commemoration on 27th January 2026 at the Holocaust Memorial in Gedling Country Park, Spring Ln, Nottingham NG4 4PE at 2...
Join the Lord Mayor of Leeds for an afternoon of commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day. The civic remembrance event takes place on Sunday 25 January 2026 at 2pm at City Varieties Music Hall Swan Street, Leeds LS1 6LW
The event is free ...
Selby Town Council will host its annual Holocaust Memorial Day Service on Tuesday 27 January at 10am, at Selby Abbey.
The service will feature readings by the Mayor of Selby, and a group of local school children, symbolising the passing on ...
HMD Interfaith Remembrance Event
Derbyshire Jewish Community, the Multi-Faith Centre, and Every Stitch A Story are hosting a remembrance event featuring the 80 Candles Memorial Quilt and testimonies about the families of members of Derbyshi...
Bridging Generations an event held by Staffs Moorlands DC and Leek Town Council
As he has done for several years now Staffordshire Moorlands District Councillor and Communities Portfolio holder Bill Cawley has organised the annual National ...
Film Screening "A Real Pain"
Thurs 22 January, 7.30pm
Pay What You Feel
A Real Pain is a 2024 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. An international coproduction between Poland and the United States, the fi...
Students who have been part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project and those who are taking part this year have designed and filmed an assembly to be shared with all students at our school.
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place each year on 27th January.
Each year, HMD is shaped by a specific theme that guides how we remember, reflect, and learn.
The theme for HMD 2026 is Bridging Generations
The theme is a ...
A Holocaust Memorial Day assembly will be delivered to all Key Stage 2 pupils (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6). The assembly will be delivered by Miss Cartmill, Humanities Subject Lead for History and Geography.
The purpose of the assembly is to raise...
On Friday 12th December, Year 6 will have a special visitor — Alison Cooper from the Northern Holocaust Education Group.
Alison will be sharing the remarkable and moving story of her mother, Judis Singer, who was born during the Second Worl...
Memory, Meaning and Belonging – Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
Manchester Histories, in collaboration with Holocaust Centre North, will host a Holocaust Memorial Day event at Manchester Histories Hub, Manchester Central Library, on Tuesday 20 ...