Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 Resources Launch
We are delighted to let you know that new resources for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2026 are now available. Take a moment to watch our short film showcasing the new resources and how you can use them to mark HMD 2026.
Holocaust Memorial Day is a national day that takes place on 27 January. We commemorate the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust, and the millions more murdered under Nazi persecution. Prejudice still continues today within our communities and across the UK. We also learn and commemorate where persecution led in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
The theme for HMD 2026, “Bridging Generations,” is a reminder that the responsibility of remembrance does not end with the survivors. It lives on through their children, their grandchildren, and through all of us. This theme encourages us to engage actively with the past: to listen, to learn and to carry those lessons forward. In doing so, we build a bridge between memory and action, between history and hope for the future.
To help you explore this year’s theme and mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2026, we have developed a range of new resources. Our new education film for students aged 14+ (Year 9 and up) explores how the Holocaust began, its effects and impact on the wider world today, and is accompanied by updated guidance to support reflection and discussion in schools and other learning settings.
We are also sharing four new life stories – those of Mala Tribich, Peter Lantos, Eva Clarke and Li-da Kruger – each offering a deeply personal perspective on survival, remembrance and legacy. Their testimony can be embedded into your HMD activity.
A new About HMD 2026 flyer is now available to download and order free of charge. The HMD Prisons Competition has also returned in partnership with Novus and HMPPS, inviting those in prison settings to learn about the Holocaust and more recent genocides. Please respond to this email if you would like to get your site involved.
For anyone planning activities in other settings – including workplaces, museums, community groups , local authorities and faith organisations – our Get Involved Guides are full of ideas to help you mark HMD meaningfully. Whether you are hosting an event, creating an exhibition or leading a moment of reflection, these guides provide practical inspiration to help you connect people of all ages and backgrounds.
Finally, we invite you to take part in Light the Darkness, our national moment of remembrance. At 8pm on 27 January, join people across the UK in lighting a candle and placing it in your window to honour the 6 million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust, and the millions of people murdered through Nazi persecution of other groups, and in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. These candles will also be lights of solidarity with people today who still face prejudice because of their faith, race, sexuality or disability.
You can order HMD candles here, and learn how to support our work here.
We hope these new resources help you to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 in ways that are thoughtful, inclusive and inspiring. Thank you, as always, for your continued commitment to remembrance and for helping to ensure that the lessons of the past are never forgotten.
With warm regards,
HMDT Team