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 2025. Enter your post code to find activities near you - those marked 'public' are open to everyone.
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While the Holocaust is remembered rightly as an act of genocide against Europe’s Jewish population, the Nazis also sent close to 250,000 people with disabilities to their deaths. (Source: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust)
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'In Discussion' Hosted by Raegan Kingett is an event that includes leading academics from the University of Winchester and University of Southampton on the field of Holocaust and Genocide studies through an inter-disciplinary lens. This event will...
ASSEMBLES for the full week to years 7-11. Focus on antisemitism rising following 7/10 attacks. What is holocaust denial and how to report hate crimes. Ending the assembly with focus on Bosnian genocide and impact on Muslims and Islamophobia. Mess...
The Parkes Institute at the University of Southampton will host on behalf of the city of Southampton a public event in the Sir James Matthews Building, 157-187 Above Bar, Southampton, from 18:00-20:00 (doors open 17:30). The Lord Mayor of Southam...
Fareham Borough Council will be lighting the Market Quay Car Park walkway purple to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day
Starting at 17.45, this service of Choral Evensong will have a special focus on Holocaust Memorial Day to remember the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. With music sung by the Cathedral Choir (Girl Choristers), the sermon will be gi...
Havant Borough Council are planning on holding a short non-denominational service of commemoration at the Holocaust Memorial at Havant Cemetery, Eastern Road, Havant PO9 2JQ at 11.00 am on Monday 27th January 2025.
The service will focus o...
Portsmouth guildhall will be lit purple.
The Ringwood Meeting House Association are hosting this event in the Ringwood Meeting House and History Centre.
The book of commemoration which was started in 2016 will (after a long gap owing to the COVID19 pandemic) once again be availabl...
Static display in foyer of Princes Hall, Aldershot - available for viewing during opening hours - available from 22/01/25 to 28/01/25.
The Union Flag will be flown at half-mast on 27th January as a mark of respect.
All pupils get a tealight, and write a word related to hope/a better future/remembrance/commemoration on the base. These are then used to create a giant Star of David, which the whole School will be able to view. This will be accompanied by a sl...
Church Service in St Andrews Garrison Church from 11am, all welcome
Static display in reception of the Civic Officers Rushmoor Borough Council - available for viewing during opening hours - 9am - 2pm Monday - Friday available from 22/01/25 to 28/01/25.
The Union Flag will be flown at half-mast on 27th Janua...
Join us for an evening of reflection to remember victims of the Holocaust on Wednesday 22 January 2025.
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2025 is For a better Future. There are many things we can all do to create a better future. W...
We will be marking the 30th anniversary of the Bosnian genocide and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. We will have a short presentation from a Bosnian woman who was a young girl in Bosnia 30 years ago We will hear about the arti...
One of the Deputy Heads at the School, Mr Wright, after an introduction explaining HMD, briefly recounted the events highlighted in the book "Ordinary Men" by Christopher R. Browning. The assembly concluded with an emphasis on the future dangers o...
The Chair of Surrey County Council has great pleasure in inviting you to Surrey County Council's Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony. Join the Chair and guest speakers for a ceremony and exhibition to honour the memory of the Holocaust victims. This y...
From 1940 to 1941 around 70,000 adults with mental and physical disabilities living in institutions across Germany and Austria were systematically killed under a Nazi state-led programme called Aktion T4. The victims were deemed to have 'lives unw...
Tuesday 28 January 8pm
Telling the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton.
Sir Nicholas Winton was a young London broker who, along with Trevor Chadwick and Doreen Warriner of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia, ...
Holocaust Memorial Day: Nicky's Family
Dir: Matej Minac 2011 | 96 mins
The remarkable true story of Maidenhead resident Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued over 600 Jewish Czech and Slovak children at the outbreak of World War II.
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