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.
Join us as we walk together across the Colchester campus with lanterns, crafted by the University of Essex Origami Society or bring your own (no naked flames).
The procession will stop for a moment and will finish with a gathering for a m...
Knowing, remembering, and forgetting the Holocaust in 2026
Dr Andy Pearce, Director, UCL Centre for Holocaust Education and Associate Professor in Holocaust and History Education
Organised by the Centre for Public History at the Uni...
Each year on Holocaust Memorial Day, we come together to remember the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides with the ‘Reading of Names’.
We are asking our University community to take part in this act of remembrance, reading names i...
Gen2Gen have supported us in organising guest speakers for our Y9 and Y10s cohort on two different dates on the 28/29th January. The talk will take place in our hall and begin at roughly 9am where the speakers will deliver their families' testimon...
Gen2Gen have supported us in organising guest speakers for our Y9 and Y10s cohort on two different dates on the 28/29th January. The talk will take place in our hall and begin at roughly 9am where the speakers will deliver their families' testimon...
During their Creative and Cultural Lessons the 5 classes and Lunchtime club that visited Aspen took part in an emersive session using props (battery candle), Sensory Guru, Music, Massage and Dance. Individual students also added to the memorial f...
Hidden: Children of the Holocaust – A musical memorial
Composed by Roland Perrin, a jazz and world music composer/pianist and senior lecturer at the London College of Contemporary Music, the musical performance Hidden: Children of the Holoc...
Launch of Bridging Generations - IHMD 2026 Exhibition
International Holocaust Memorial Day (IHMD) takes place each year on 27 January. To mark this commemorative event, the university is holding a temporary exhibition under this year’s them...
We have invited a representative to make a presentation to the whole school in recognition of HMD.
Through the Generation to Generation organisation, we have asked a speaker to come in and speak to students who have expressed an interest in the talk.
We have a number of events taking place to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. These include:
120 students taking part in an online workshop by the National Holocaust Museum on 26/1
80 students witnessing the testimony of a Holocaust s...
Bridging Generations - International Holocaust Memorial Day Exhibition 2026
International Holocaust Memorial Day (IHMD) takes place each year on 27 January. To mark this commemorative event, the university is holding a temporary exhibition ...
Combined Miltary Services Museum Holocaust Remembrance Exhibition 2026
This year, 2026, our Holocaust Remembrance Temporary Exhibition runs from Wednesday 21 January to Sunday 25 January. We have rare artefacts and personal items on display...
The Royal Borough of Greenwich will bring the community together to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on Tuesday 27 January. The annual event will take place at 10.30am at Woolwich Town Hall.
Led by Councillor Linda Bird, Mayor of Royal ...
Lewisham Council hosts a civic event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day every year.
The service brings Lewisham residents together to remember the millions of lives that were lost during the Holocaust, and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwa...
Lowestoft Commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
All are welcome to join us at the Parcels Office, Lowestoft Railway Station, for a service of reflections and poems, culminating in the laying of wreaths. Included as part of the event is ...
Lowestoft Commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
Join us at Kensington Gardens at 1:30pm for a reflective event including short readings from local Primary School Students. The event will include laying coloured flowers at the Holocaust ...
We are hosting an online talk with the granddaughter of George Garai. https://www.generation2generation.org.uk/holocaust-survivor-george-garai/
Throughout the week there will also be assemblies on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Surrey History Centre: A Forgotten Scrapbook
Discover the early artistic talents of a German-Jewish refugee at Stoatley Rough School in Haslemere who became a renowned children's book illustrator in New York. Take a look at our webpage that...
Today, we held a Holocaust Memorial Service at Harwich Quay where in place is a statue dedicated to the Kindergarten Transport This is a focal point for Harwich's Holocaust Memorial Day events. As in previous years, Harwich Town Council acted as f...