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.
Year 11 GCSE History students will be studying the persecution of minorities in Nazi Germany.
They will focus on the persecution of the Jews and other minority groups in Germany 1933-39.
They will also learn about the escalation of per...
Join us at the Northern Ireland War Memorial on Thursday 25 January 2024 from 7pm-8:30pm as we mark Holocaust Memorial Day with a FREE lecture titled 'A Haven from Hitler - The Story of Jewish refugees who came to Northern Ireland in the 1930s and...
Join us for an evening to celebrate the legacy of dancer and teacher, Helen Lewis (1916 – 2009), who survived Auschwitz and went on to teach modern dance in Belfast. On Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 we will screen two films that reflect Helen’s life...
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To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, writer, and dancer Maddy Tongue joins us to talk about her fifty-year friendship with fellow dancer and teacher, Helen Lewis (1916 – 2009), who survived Auschwitz and went on to teach modern dance in Bel...
Young people from the Lower Shankill and Falls will be undertaking a remembrance event at Shankill Library where they will unveil a photographic exhibition of their visits to Belfast Synagogue, Auschwitz Concentration Camp and will have affirmatio...
We are using our gazebo and stall to display the history of the Holocaust and what happened, pinning up the display on the outside of the gazebo to make the information easier for folks to see.
There will also be Life Stories of the Jews in ...
We will be using the HMD material giving the history of the Holocaust and what happened.
Life Stories of Jews affected by the Holocaust are on display as well.
There will be copies of the information pinned up so the informaion of what...
A Service of Reflection based on the national theme of Fragility of Freedom, with a leaning towards the Roma and Gypsy community.
Music led by St Lawrence's Choir, Sheila Morbey (violin) and Geoff Gordon (Director of Music)
Appleby ...
Holocaust Memorial Service on 25 January 2024 - Annual Holocaust Memorial Event to include Raising of Flag, Service and lighting of Candle, Input and readings from young people, refugee families , local schools, Reflection of the theme through sto...
We have prepared a short video clip which explains about the Holocaust and the purpose of Holocaust Memorial Day.
This is going to be shown to all pupils during their morning registration.
Department Heads have all been given HMD candl...
Memorial service with talks/video/reflection on Sunday 28th January at 16:00. -18:00
Refreshments served after
A Child in Striped Pyjamas - Gosforth Civic Theatre
There will be two performances:
Thursday 25th January, 7.30pm
Saturday 27th January, 8pm
John Boyne’s masterpiece, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, still features regular...
A Child in Striped Pyjamas - Gosforth Civic Theatre
There will be two performances:
Thursday 25th January, 7.30pm
Saturday 27th January, 8pm
John Boyne’s masterpiece, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, still features regular...
The live event is by invitation only, but the content will be available to view on YouTube from the 28 January.
This will include memorial prayers, keynote speaker Susie Kaufman who will talk about her three parents' experiences during the H...
Each form class will have a week's worth of registration activities focused on this year's HMD theme "The Fragility of Freedom."
This includes an assembly which will be delivered by 2 students who visited Auschwitz- Birkenau as part of the L...
11:45am Reception and piano recital
12 noon Opening of the HMD commemoration
12:05pm Tutu’s Senior Dance Group - ‘Fragility’
12:20pm Book reading by Patricia Findlay of Jane Haining – A life of love and c...
Fragments of a Diary - Closing Concert
Sunday 28th January, 7.30pm, Jesmond United Reformed Church
Josima Feldschuh was a wunderkind pianist and composer from a Jewish family in Warsaw. She died in 1943 at the age of 15, whilst fleein...
Musique d’un Autre Monde - Second Concert
Sunday 21st January, 7.30pm, Newcastle University Kings Hall
Following on from the Opening Concert, this second concert once again focuses on Polish composers affected by the Holocaust. The c...
Cobweb Orchestra Concert
Saturday 27th January, 1pm, Jesmond United Reformed Church
Conductor: Andrew Jackson
Soloist: Iona Brown
Cobweb Orchestra present a unique range of challenging repertoire, including Szymon Laks’ P...
Jazz Event: A Homage to the Musicians of Warsaw Ghetto
Friday 26th January, 7.30pm, The Globe
This concert will look at music influenced by jazz within Warsaw and the Warsaw Ghetto. It will include pieces such as 'Mary' and 'Kocham Tw...