Exhibition from 19 January to 11 February 2026 in the Heritage Gallery, Queen Anne Court

Register for the Launch Event 27 January

As part of the exhibition, Hidden: Children of the Holocaust, a musical memorial performance event, will take place on 10 February. Please register here.

International Holocaust Memorial Day takes place each year on 27 January. The University of Greenwich will mark this commemorative event with an exhibition responding to this year’s theme, Bridging the Generations.

This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme emphasises the importance of preserving survivors’ legacies and passing on their testimonies to younger generations, while also honouring victims who left no descendants and reflecting on the challenges survivors faced in rebuilding their lives in the UK.

Holocaust Memorial Day commemorates the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, alongside the millions of others who suffered under Nazi persecution and in subsequent genocides.

The aim of this exhibition is to highlight the role of intergenerational learning in Holocaust and genocide education, fostering historical understanding, empathy, and respect for diversity.

The exhibition focuses on creative and educational responses to learning about the Holocaust, other genocides, and migration histories. It brings together work by University of Greenwich students and pupils from partner schools and organisations, drawing on survivor testimonies, artefacts, photographs, film, music, and archival materials as sources for learning across generations.

A particular emphasis is placed on the use of archives and intergenerational dialogue, encouraging children and young people to engage with older family members, educators, and community partners. Responses take the form of writing, artwork, poetry, animation, audio, and music, reflecting themes of memory, identity, displacement, and resettlement.

By showcasing creative responses rooted in survivor testimony and shared histories, the exhibition continues the legacy of using education and art as tools for remembrance and connection, remembering the past in order to inspire a more compassionate and inclusive future.

We wish to thank our contributors:

Willow Bank Primary School

Chislehurst School for Girls

Belmont Castle Academy

Rye Oak Primary School

Bromley Reform Synagogue

Apples and Honey Nightingale Nursery with Nightingale Hammerson Care Home and Finton House School

Students of the BA (Hons) Animation, School of Design and Creative Industries, University of Greenwich:

TJ Allen, Michael J Wright, Roy Chulu, Karol Dyderski