Holocaust Memorial Day 2027
Sandwell's 2027 Holocaust Memorial Service will be held on Sunday 24 January 2027.
Please save the date so you can join us. Further details will be available closer to the event.
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2027 is No Place for Prejudice.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
Our 2026 Holocaust Memorial Service was held on Sunday 25 January 2026 at Memorial Gardens, Highfields House, High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8RJ, from 11am to 12 noon.
Bridging Generations was the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2026, honouring the past and shaping the future.
Kindly returning for Sandwell’s commemorative service in 2026 was Mindu Hornick MBE (awarded in services to Holocaust education). As guest speaker, she shared her inspiring yet heart-breaking journey as a Jewish, Auschwitz Holocaust survivor. Read more about Mindu's story in our news release.
Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. We 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.
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust encourages remembrance in a world scarred by prejudice and systematic, targeted persecution.