Each year thousands of activities take place across the UK to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. As we move towards 27 January 2019, more local activities will be submitted to the map below, which you can use to see what is happening in your area.
Guest Speaker: Mr Dieudonne Ganza Gahizi Gahizi is a survivor, a researcher, a writer and the founder/director of Healing Plan Organisation, a charity which supports victims/survivors of rape and the children born as a result of rape during the 199...
Join us as we reflect upon these atrocities and join together in demonstrating our solidarity in combating anti-Semitism, racism and hatred.This civic event will be opened by Councillor Nigel Ball. The event will include a blessing, readings and...
This is an inclusive memorial service led by Civic and Christian church leaders in which members of the public and members of local churches commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and the other Acts of genocide of the C20th and C21st. There is an o...
Through an exploration of the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2019: Torn from home, this Holocaust Memorial Day Trust workshop will provide you with practical help, advice and free resources to enable you to create a meaningful activity of you...
A civic service open to all
Through an exploration of the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2019: Torn from home, this Holocaust Memorial Day Trust workshop will provide you with practical help, advice and free resources to enable you to create a meaningful activity of you...
As a Beacon School for Holocaust Education 2018-19 we are proud to co-host UCL- (IoE) Centre for Holocaust Education one day CPD- Unpacking the Holocaust. This event is open and free to any secondary teachers in the East Midlands. A thoughtful intro...
Through an exploration of the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2019: Torn from home, this Holocaust Memorial Day Trust workshop will provide you with practical help, advice and free resources to enable you to create a meaningful activity of you...
We are a Prestwich ,Manchester based group of poets,of all ages who meet regularly . The theme 'Torn From Home' will be the focus of the event. Venue: is Time for Tea Cafe. 416 Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 1BD Hosted : own...
City of York Council's annual Civic Event for Holocaust Memorial Day is embracing the national theme, 'Torn From Home'. Exploring how enforced loss of a safe place to call ‘home’ is part of the trauma faced by anyone experiencing perse...
A time for reflection on the theme Torn from Home, with a short repeated video and displays to aid reflection and an opportunity to write down our thoughts.
600 candles will be lit in York Minster Chapter House to commemorate the six million people who died in the Holocaust. The event will follow choral evensong to which all are invited. This will be followed by a procession to the Chapter House, where t...
Commemoration of the 1190 massacre of York’s Jewish population at the site of York Castle at Clifford's Tower, attended by the Lord Mayor and Civic Party, with music, spoken accounts and contributions, concluding with prayer and an act of rememb...
This event is free . It will be led by our Year Six pupils. Anybody within wider school community and parish is invited to attend. The event will take place in school.
Charnwood Arts has been commissioned by Charnwood Museum to design and deliver a film, audio and poetry project based on this years theme and a visit to Beaumanor Hall in Leicestershire, which was a listening station during WW2. Working with Mutual S...
Young people in Leicester or Leicestershire can enter the art competition on their own or through their school. More information can be obtained from [email protected] The work can be A3 or A4 and paintings, drawings or prints will be ac...
We are in our 19th consecutive year in having a Holocaust Memorial Service in Astley Park, Chorley at the War memorial/Cenotaph. Mayors, the local MP, councillors, Armed Forces with Standards, police, fire fighters, ambulance crews - meet and we hav...
The Event is open to all & admission is free.Young people who have visited Auschwitz will talk & answer questions on their experience. There will be appropriate musical contributions including klezmer songs. Professor Aubrey Newman,...
HOME is a play performed for young people, by young people.HOME explores the lives of young people who have been torn from home from three different conflicts, the Holocaust, The Bosnian Genocide and the current refugee crisis. It’s the biggest c...
A memorial event, with a variety of speakers to illustrate this year's theme 'Torn From Home'. Exhibitions are available to view from 10.00am with the event starting at 10.30am finishing at 12.00pm. Food from the various cultures and...
Whether your activity is private or open to the public, it matters to us. Each Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) activity makes up the bigger picture of how the UK marks 27 January.