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Outdoor service to mark the day, starting at 2pm . Involves contributions from various faith groups, school students and Mayor of Kettering.

Service in the Memorial Garden at Lancaster Town Hall at 6.00pm followed by refreshments in the Town Hall.

Holocaust Memorial Day Event
1940s DANCE FOR PEACE - Tuesday 27th January
7.30pm Swing Jive & 9pm Strolls
This event is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day - notably the genocides and persecutions of the 1940s by the Nazis of Jewi...

This is a public event on Tuesday 27th January 2026 at 11am to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. It has happened every year for the last 25 years. Led by the Mayor of Warwick there is a short memorial event involving readings by students from Warwick's...

Redditch Holocaust Memorial Day

Redditch marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2026: Bridging Generations—remembering the past through community voices to shape a safer future.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 – Bridging Generations

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Working alongside Northern Holocaust Education Group to deliver a talk from a survivors family member

26/1/26
Stockton Central Library - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Presentation by Auschwich Ambassador
Testimonial of Lucy White a survivor of two prison camps and two concentration camps who was liberated by the British army and spent time af...

Westmorland and Furness Council will mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) by lighting up key buildings.

This is part of the national #LightTheDarkness initiative led by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT).

On Tuesday (27...

Group Assembly delivered by a family member of a holocaust survivor

Tuesday 27th January
10.30-12.00 at the Guildhall, Worcester

This event is organised by Worcestershire Interfaith Forum on behalf of Worcester City Council.
Our guest speaker is Revd Tony Rindl, whose father came on the Kindertr...

FISHBURN PARISH COUNCIL, Will mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) by lighting The Queen Elizabeth II Beacon of Hope on Monday 27th January 2026 at 7:00 p.m. with a flame of remembrance for 15 minutes in a powerful moment of commemoration and solidar...

A short ceremony including stories, readings, songs and a presentation from students who have visited Auschwitz

6pm, Tuesday 27 January, St John's Church, Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, MK44 3RD.

Clergy-led Church of England service of remembrance, reflection and prayer for victims of genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day. There will also be a display in t...

Two Church of England Primary Schools in commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day this year for the first time by planting two flowering cherry trees in their school grounds. ( see also submission for Cradley Primary School Malvern

Mark Michael...

Step into a world on the brink of darkness. Two lifelong friends—one Jewish, one German—exchange letters across continents as the rise of Nazism casts a long shadow over Europe. What begins as warm correspondence soon spirals into betrayal, heartb...

THEY LEFT NO FOOTPRINTS - a talk by Diana Cook: Wells Maltings

Margot Pogorzelski, was born in a small town in Lower Silesia, Germany. which now belongs to Poland. Margot fled to England in 1939, a few weeks before war broke out. Her two el...

To support the nation-wide campaign to remember those who were killed for who they were and to stand against prejudice and hatred, on Tuesday, 27 January we will be taking part in the ‘Light the darkness for HMD 2026’ campaign.
A lantern wil...

Meldreth Primary School, Year 6 Holocaust Speaker, 2026

Children from Year 6 will learn more about the lives of Jewish people during the holocaust to deepen their understanding of WW2.

We are lighting up the school in purple for the light into darkness event on HMD.

Brundibár Arts Festival was launched in January 2016 as the first annual Festival in the UK dedicated to the Music and Arts of the Holocaust. Located in Newcastle and Gateshead, the Festival takes its name from Hans Krása's children's opera "Brund...