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Each year tens of thousands of activities take place across the UK to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). Explore our interactive map to see HMD activities that took place near you for HMD 2024.

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Lewes Old Grammar School - HMD presentation - HMD 2024

Monday, 5 February 2024,

A local resident, Tim Locke, is giving a presentation about his family's history during the Holocaust. He is a member of the HMD group in Lewes and presented last year as well. The presentation will be delivered to the whole of Year 9 and last app...

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Broxtowe Borough Council - Ceremony - HMD 2024

Friday, 26 January 2024,

THE BROXTOWE COMMUNITY will come together at a short ceremony to mark the 22nd annual event on Friday 26th January which will take place in the Walled Garden at Bramcote Hills Park at 11.00am.

Mayor of the Borough of Broxtowe, Councillor Te...

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Telford and Wrekin Council - Civic Commemoration - HMD 2024

Friday, 26 January 2024,

Please join us at our civic commemoration on Friday 26 January 2024 at Telford Theatre, Limes Walk, Telford TF2 6EP,arrivals will be from 10:00am for a 10.30am start.

The event will include reflection from guest speakers from the borough, a...

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Belfairs Academy - Assemblies and Commemoration - HMD 2024

Monday, 22 January 2024,

Belfairs Academy will be undertaking assemblies from the week commencing the 22 January that surround the theme 'Fragility of Freedom' that will be presented to all year groups.
Additionally, students will have worked together to create a di...

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Amgueddfa Cymru - HMD Event - HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

Holocaust Memorial Day Event
National Museum Cardiff
27 January 2024, 3pm-5.30pm
Cost Free

Join Amgueddfa Cymru in collaboration with Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for an impactful afternoon commemorating the lives tragical...

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Cardiff High School - Survivor's Live Webcast - HMD 2024

Tuesday, 23 January 2024,

All year 9 pupils, along with year 12 and 13 RS students, will be watching the Holocaust Survivor's live webcast together in the hall.
This form part of a unit of work studying the Holocaust.

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NUSA - Fragility of Freedom: The Jewish Deaf Perspective - HMD 2024

Monday, 22 January 2024,

As a mainstream school, UCL Beacon School and also a school for the deaf, we are going to approach the concept of Freedom of Fragility through the perspective of the deaf community during the Holocaust and in the present day-we will be producing a...

Vale of Glamorgan Council - Exhibition - HMD 2024 Public

Vale of Glamorgan Council - Exhibition - HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 – Fragility of Freedom
Penarth Pier Pavilion - Friday 26 January – Wednesday 31 January 2024
https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/enjoying/Arts-and-Culture/Art-Central-Gallery.aspx

HMD exhibition Ph...

Art Central Gallery - Arts - HMD 2024 Public

Art Central Gallery - Arts - HMD 2024

Friday, 26 January 2024,

This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day exhibition event will take place on Saturday 26th January until 31st January at Penarth Pier Pavilion building Cardiff. CF643AU

Exhibition opens from 10 am - 4pm - access via the pier through the Cafe.

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Cornwallis Academy - Holocaust Guest Speaker - HMD 2024

Thursday, 25 January 2024,

Select students are being given the opportunity to hear from David Wirth, whose parents were survivors of the Nazi persecution in the Holocaust.
Students will benefit from a preparatory lesson the day before to ensure that they are better ab...

Tredegar Town Council - Light the Darkness 2024 - HMD 2024 Public

Tredegar Town Council - Light the Darkness 2024 - HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

As a tribute in commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day, the public will be invited to join members of Tredegar Town Council to light a candle to mark this historic international event.
Guests are welcome to create their own light - whether ...

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Bedwas High School - Fragility of Freedom - HMD 2024

Monday, 11 December 2023,

Humanities homework for years 7/8 with the focus on the fragility of freedom. PPT presented outlining the background, work of HMD and aims of the theme. Pupils are able to choose how they wish to complete the homework e.g. symbol, poem, research ...

Southend City Council - Service of Commemoration - HMD 2024 Public

Southend City Council - Service of Commemoration - HMD 2024

Sunday, 28 January 2024,

Southend City Council will hold a Service of Commemoration on Sunday 28th January, 3pm at the Civic Centre, Southend on Sea, SS2 6ER.

This annual event will include music, poetry and readings, with a presentation from a local secondary s...

Cadw - Display- HMD 2024 Public

Cadw - Display- HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

The exterior of the castle will be lit purple for HMD on the 27th of January.

Hucknall Library - Display - HMD 2024 Public

Hucknall Library - Display - HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

We have a selection of books on display, both fiction and non-fiction, available to borrow from the library related to the Holocaust and genocide. Please join us to light the darkness on this important subject.

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Seaford Head School - Commemoration - HMD 2024

Wednesday, 24 January 2024,

As part of our Personal Development Curriculum, we delivered learning opportunities across the school to educate and commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day this week.
We were delighted that two speakers from Generation 2 Generation (G2G) joined ...

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St Edmundsbury Cathedral - Travelling Display - HMD 2024

Tuesday, 23 January 2024,

‘We have to move on’: Jewish refugees in Suffolk in WW2: Travelling display at St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Discover the stories of the Jewish refugees who found a safe home in Newmarket in Suffolk during the Second World War. This travelling e...

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St Edmundsbury Cathedral - HMD Service - HMD 2024

Friday, 26 January 2024,

A special service in the Abbey Gardens for Holocaust Memorial Day, to remember the victims of genocide. The service will take place in the Peace Garden in the Abbey Gardens at 10.30 am.

Later in the day on Friday 26 January at 7.00 pm, the ...

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Shrewsbury Abbey - Poetry for Dark Times - HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

A reading of poetry of the Holocaust, and poetry by survivors of other genocides.

There will be two readers, and will will read poems in three sections:
(1) Poems written during the Holocaust in camps and prisons, that speak of impris...