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.
Tuesday 27th January 2026 at 11am, Garden of Remembrance, Folkestone
An annual service providing members of the community the opportunity to remember people murdered in the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides with an educational element f...
Pupils in S1 have been delivering assemblies and will do one every day on Monday 26th January 2026 - Friday 30th January 2026.
These assemblies were created by the pupils, educating the whole school about the history of the Holocaust, and ...
Eastbourne's Holocaust Memorial Day Event 2026
Eastbourne’s Holocaust Memorial Day event, organised by dedicated local volunteers, will take place on Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 6.30pm at the Welcome Building (next to the Congress Theatre), ...
Local schools and community groups have contributed to the annual Holocaust commemoration library exhibition which is open from Monday 19th January until Saturday 31st January in Bangor Carnegie library.
Holocaust commemoration talk
TEREZÍN (Film Screening) — a play by Anna Smulowitz. Bright Umbrella’s Sanctuary Theatre. Tuesday 27 February 19.00. Admission free. Bar and coffee bar.
Join us for a powerful screening of the film version of Terezín, Anna Smulowitz’s accl...
TEREZÍN (Film Screening) — a play by Anna Smulowitz. Bright Umbrella’s Sanctuary Theatre. Tuesday 27 February 19.00. Admission free. Bar and coffee bar.
Join us for a powerful screening of the film version of Terezín, Anna Smulowitz’s accl...
The young people in HMP Polmont are writing a radio show to be broadcast to the full prison population to commemorate HMD. They are using the theme of Bridging Generations to discuss why they think it's important to for younger and future generati...
Join us at The Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, to celebrate the legacy of Helen Lewis: dancer, choreographer, and Holocaust survivor who became a pioneering figure in contemporary dance in Northern Ireland.
At this event:
- Hear about...
HMD 2026 - 'Transport Number 4 - Vienna 1941' by Mark Scott
This Holocaust Memorial Day event on Tuesday 27 January 2026 features a talk by author Mark Scott about his new book 'Transport Number 4 - Vienna 1941'. The book's publication has ...
In recognition of the enduring and universal significance of the Holocaust and more recent genocides, East Renfrewshire Council will hold its annual Holocaust Memorial Day Event.
As well as musical performances, invited guest speakers will s...
As part of Holocaust Memorial Day 2026, Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council is delivering a connected programme of learning and reflection, aligned to this year’s theme “Bridging Generations.”
A number of primary and post-primary schools...
At the University of Exeter, the Jewish Society will be hosting a public Exhibition at Exeter University Forum all day on the 29th and 30th January.
The display will showcase art in repsonse to the Holocaust, looking at pain through the eyes...
Talks and seminars for schools will be taking place in Exeter on Tues 27th Jan 2026:
Kindertransport
Porrajmos film- Gypsy Holocaust
Art of Samuel Bak
HMD Opening Ceremony and Survivor Talk
Exeter Cathedral
10-11.15am
27th January 2026
Dignitaries and school pupils will light candles
A second generation survivor will be speaking about Kindertransport
Royal British Legion Scotland, Saltcoats, Ardrossan and Stevenston Branch
A static remembrance service of the holocaust and other genocides outdoors at Saltcoats war memorial at 11am. Open to the public to participate
Glasgow City Council Schools HMD Event
A range of speakers will address an audience of around 400 young people and education staff.
Activities will include speeches, poetry, music, readings, dance and a candles ceremony.
We are proud to hold a commemoration event in honour of Jane Haining, Scotland's Heroine, captured and killed at Auschwitz Birkenau in 1944.
Join us and Jane's family for a special showing of a newly commissioned film by Unison Renfrewshire...
All of our senior school pupils, aged 11-18, will receive a presentation from one of two speakers from Generation 2 Generation who will be sharing survivor stories on the morning of January 28th.
A Holocaust talk by a Generation2Generation speaker on 22nd January, as part of my Next Steps Project for the Lessons from Auschwitz project organized by the Holocaust Educational Trust.
It will run at lunchtime from approximately 12:45 til...