Our 2026 Holocaust Memorial Service will be held on Sunday 25 January 2026 at Memorial Gardens, Highfields House, High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8RJ, from 11am to 12 noon. Please arrive from 10.30am. Everyone is welcome.
Bridging Generations is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2026, honouring the past and shaping the future.
Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. We will commemorate the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust, and the millions more murdered under Nazi persecution. We also learn and commemorate where persecution led in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Kindly returning for Sandwell’s commemorative service is Mindu Hornick MBE (awarded in services to Holocaust education). As guest speaker, she will share her inspiring yet heart-breaking journey as a Jewish, Auschwitz Holocaust survivor. Read more about Mindu's story in our news release.
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust encourages remembrance in a world scarred by prejudice and systematic, targeted persecution.