Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

The theme for Holocaust Memorial (HMD) 2026 Day on 27 January is Bridging Generations.

Six million Jewish people and millions from the Sinti-Roma and LGBT+ communities, socialists, trade unionists and others were killed during the Nazi Holocaust. Their stories must never be forgotten.

This international day is a time to remember the millions of ‘ordinary people’ murdered during the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

This theme encourages us all to engage actively with the past - to listen, to learn and to carry those lessons forward. By doing so, we build a bridge between memory and action, between history and hope for the future. --- HMD

NASUWT recognises that anti-Jewish prejudice remains a problem today and that the lessons of the past must continue to be learned.

NASUWT commits to continuing to do all it can to challenge prejudice, to stand up to hatred and all forms of anti-Semitism, and to ordinary people being ‘upstanders’, not bystanders.