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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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HMD North Somerset - Fragility of Freedom - HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

Book a free place via Eventbrite.
Theme 'Fragility of Freedom'
Arrive 7.30 pm for 8 pm start.
Sharon Foster, High Sheriff of Bristol, will open the event.
Presentation by Tim Coles, Professor of Social History at the Univer...

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University of Winchester - Podcast - HMD 2024

Friday, 19 January 2024,

The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 is Fragility of Freedom.
To mark this, modern historian Dr Emily Stiles has recorded a podcast with Philosophy of Education research student Lucy Dixon, in which they explore the concept of freedom p...

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Settle Quakers - Peace Vigil - HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 Saturday January 27th
Fragility of Freedom

Join Settle Quakers in a Peace Vigil
6.45pm
Meet in Settle Market Square with a lighted candle and walk in silence with us to the Meeting House.
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Lytham St Annes High School - School Assemblies - HMD 2024

Monday, 22 January 2024,

All forms will see two Loom assemblies about HMD.
These looms will include examples of what freedom means to staff and examples of how freedoms have been taken away during the Holocaust.
Pupils will have guided discussions in form time...

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...

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Bungay Arts and Theatre Society - Event at The Fisher Theatre - HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

The Fisher Theatre presents an evening of words and music to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. Diana Cook will tell her mother’s story of escape from Nazi Germany. Diana is a speaker for Generation 2 Generation, a charity which enables the conti...

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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 ...

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Embley - Holocaust Memorial Day Assembly - HMD 2024

Monday, 22 January 2024,

Embley pupils will take part in the school's annual commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day using the theme of Fragility of Freedom.
Senior School pupils will join a whole-school assembly on Monday before a week of discussions, activities an...

Finn Ambers - CANDLELIGHT - HMD 2024 Private

Finn Ambers - CANDLELIGHT - HMD 2024

Friday, 26 January 2024,

On 26 January, 2024, song composer and producer Finn Ambers will release CANDLELIGHT, a folk song with a Holocaust theme.

Finn's purpose in writing CANDLELIGHT is to commemorate the suffering of those affected by the Holocaust and similar t...

Lancaster University Library - The 10 Stages of Genocide - HMD 2024 Public

Lancaster University Library - The 10 Stages of Genocide - HMD 2024

Monday, 22 January 2024,

Genocide never just happens. There is always a set of circumstances which occur or which are created to build the climate in which genocide can take place. To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, we present an exhibition of 10 contemporary objects ...

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North Wales Police - Public Display - HMD 2024

Saturday, 27 January 2024,

Online briefing to all North Wales Police employees to highlight HMD and the history as well as this years theme.

Local Policing stations will have a poster and booklet on display in public areas, including force headquarters.

On 27 ...

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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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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...

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.