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.
• Art (Year 9): Year 9 pupils will be working on a dedicated art project to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.
• English (KS3): Pupils will read and discuss the poem Terezin by Michael Flack.
• History: The Junior History Society will...
The Tower will be illuminated in purple in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust.
Dr Paul Moore from the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will present his research examining the extent of German public knowledge of, and approval for, the concentration camps
School screens in every building will display a digital photography presentation focusing on the Holocaust and Nazi persecution
Art Scholars’ Workshop):
A specialist workshop for Scholars focusing on artistic responses to Holocaust Memorial Day themes.
Loughborough Grammar will hold a whole-school assembly to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2026. Pupils from Year 6 to Year 13, together with staff, will take time to remember the victims of the Holocaust and reflect on its lessons.
Hiding the Holocaust: Examining the architecture and topography of terror
How did millions of people ignore the death and suffering taking place during the Holocaust? This talk will examine the architecture and landscape of Nazi concentrati...
Our annual Holocaust Memorial Day Service will take place on 27/01/26 in the Bolton Town Hall.
The service is open to public and hope to have participations from school children, faith and community groups. The service will be attended by t...
Whole School Assembly - sharing a survivor's story.
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary, Atherton. "Building Bridges" 2026
Pupils were involved in a workshop : "Building Bridges" in preparation for their participation in the Leigh Town Hall HMD Commemoration on Tuesday 27th January, 2026 ( Nationa...
Leigh Town Hall " Bridging Generations" Holocaust Memorial Day 2026T
his Commemoration Event for HMD 2026 was the 1st of 2 ceremonies in the combined borough of Leigh & Wigan. The Introduction to the 81st Anniversary of the liberation o...
New Vic Borderlines, HMD -Buttons Game workshop, 2026
This is a My Thousand Year Old Challenge project with includes Rescuing the Names and Button Game interactive workshops, produced in partnership with Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls fro...
Tutor time (25 minute) slideshow.
Film 1 - "Learning from the Past" - HMDT video
Film 2 - " Where do you think God was in the Holocaust" - The Jonathan Sacks Legacy
Activity - Reflection on recommended reading (Anne Frank (Years ...
I did an overview of what the Holocaust was without too much into the atrocities and explained how so many people were killed because of their beliefs
We then discussed how the young people could relate it to our scout values and they said...
Bridging Generations 2026 LEIGH TOWN HALL
We are holding a Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration Event at Leigh Town Hall on Tuesday 27th January from 11am until 12 pm.
There will be Readings by Members of the Community, Poetry by Le...
27 January 4pm Vigil outside Skipton Town Hall. All welcome
The Mayor of Cheshire East extends a very warm welcome to anyone who wishes to attend the Cheshire East Holocaust Memorial Day Service, which is being held at the Muncicpal Buildings Crewe, starting at 11.00am on 27 January 2026. There will be a g...
We will have 5 separate Collective Worship presentations about Holocaust Memorial Day and a display in our worship centre, which will feature a number of Prayer Stations and reflective activities. There will be survivor stories displayed; facts an...
Assembly to Year 8
HMD was mentioned in our assembly.
Year 6 chuldren had a religiin and worldviews lesson focussed on HMD. We shared some of the stories and discussed them, talking anout the choices people had made, how they must have felt and how it made us ...