Marking Holocaust Memorial Day online
Whether you are organising an activity to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) or just want to use your social media accounts to raise awareness of the day, there are lots of ways you can take part online.
Each year the messages of HMD reach millions of people online. By becoming part of the online conversation you can help to counter divisive content on social media and spread messages of tolerance and understanding.
Below are some of the ways you can mark HMD online.
Organise an online activity
Explore our HMD Together resources for ideas, advice and guidance on how to mark HMD together online. Suggested activities include book clubs, cook-alongs, group poetry writing and online ceremonies. Each of these activities can be taken part in as a group from the safety of your own home.
Alternatively, visit our online map to find HMD activities happening across the UK, many of which will be online.
Join the conversation about HMD on social media
Tweet and post on Facebook and Instagram to show how you will mark HMD and share photos of your activity when it happens.
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and share our content to enable more people to learn about the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and more recent genocides.
If you are looking for suitable images to use on social media with your tweets and posts, take a look at the images available to download in our resources hub.
Social media can be a fantastic way of raising awareness of HMD, but must be used carefully. Please ensure that your use of social media is sensitive and respectful at all times, including your use of images. For more information, please refer to our guidance on the use of images.
Download and share our social media graphics
Our range of different graphics help you demonstrate your participation in HMD.
Download graphics for Twitter Download graphics for Facebook
Use our hashtags
Bring HMD to the attention of the online community by using our hashtags when you tweet about HMD.
Use the below hashtags to help your tweets be seen by more people:
#HolocaustMemorialDay
#HMD2022
#LightTheDarkness
For the weeks surrounding HMD #HolocaustMemorialDay and #HMD2021 will trigger the Holocaust Memorial Day emoji.
Use the HMD Facebook frame
Show that you support HMD by using our frame on Facebook. Follow these guidelines on how to add a frame on Facebook, searching ‘HMD’ to find our frame.
Add your activity to our online activity map
If you are organising an activity for HMD, submit it to our interactive activity map to enable others to find it and attend, and become part of the national picture for HMD. If you mark your activity as ‘public’ then anyone looking for an activity to attend will be able to find it on our website.
Once your activity has been approved and added to the map, use our activity map graphics for Twitter and Facebook to share it with your followers on social media.
