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.
From Darkness to Hope: The Journey of Lucy White
Hungarian-born Lucy White survived two Nazi concentration camps and two slave labour camps during the Second World War, before being liberated by the British Army. Her whole family were kille...
I did a HMD assembly at Emmanuel Middle School for 200 Year 5 and Year 6 pupils. I have developed a PowerPoint presentation about Judith Kerr and how she and her family managed to escape Berlin all because of the act of a German policeman who very...
Commemorate HMD 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...
All are welcome to attend Lowestoft Town Council's annual commemorative event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Taking place at the Parcels Office, Lowestoft Railway Station (where over 500 children arrived in December 1938 as part of the Kin...
This year Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day is organised by the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton and Solent University.
Our commemorative event includes testimony from Marie-Chantal...
Braes High School will be hosting a Holocaust Memorial Day assembly to remember all those who have lost their lives to genocide.
This event will take place on the 7th February 2024. Doors will open at 1530 and the event will finish at 1630.<...
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...
I have been asked to take over organising HMD in Southwold on Jan 27th next year, which we will hold as usual at Southwold Theatre. So far we plan the programme as follows, while people gather in the foyer, we will play Henrik Gorecki's 3rd sympho...
Many local communities in Scotland are holding an event to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz on 27th January 1945. Falkirk Council Provost Robert Bissett is teaming up with Central Scotland Interfaith to mark the occasion with a short Act of...
A short commemorative even held in conjunction with Falkirk Council Provost Robert Bissett, with music, silence, and candle lighting. Gather at CSREC in the Howgate Centre for 2pm.
The Scottish Council of Jewish Communities are excited to be teaming up with the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre to bring to you this ‘Bake to Remember’ workshop to mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January).
Our drop in workshop...
This annual concert marks Holocaust Memorial Day with a specially selected programme of music performance.
We invite school bookings for this special event for secondary school pupils, in the lead up to Holocaust Memorial Day.
For this event, we are honoured to be hosting speakers whose parents were survivors of the Holocaust, and who made a li...
The second of our HMD events for students which will run from 10-11.30.
We will start the event with an Act of Commemoration at which 7 candles will be lit.
Our local survivor Henry Schachter will be telling his story of being a hidden...
Councillors, the MP for Crawley and Rabbi Gabriel are invited to a planting of a willow tree in Memorial Gardens, a tranquil space in the centre of Crawley.
Westbury Manor Museum will be lit up in purple from 8pm on 27 January in support of Holocaust Memorial Day.
Individuals are encouraged to take part by safely lighting a candle in their window to remember those who were murdered for who they...
A visit from Anita Peleg to share her mother's survivor story to years 12 and 13 at Bournemouth School for Girls. Anita visited on Thursday 25 January 2024 between 11.30-12.30. The students were completely engaged by her talk and many questions fo...
This is the 10th annual HMD event that I have organised for students in Dorset and BCP.
It is taking place on Monday 29th January from 10.-11.30.
It will start an act of commemoration at which 7 candles will be lit.
Maralyn Tur...
I read eve Bunting's the story of 'Terrible Things' to 360 Key stage 2 children at Bishop Aldhelm's C.E school.
This was on 2nd February.
I started at 10.00 and finished about 10.20.