Battle of Britain Bunker – Speaker Series – HMD 2025

Activity information

Activity type: Public activity

Organisation name: Battle of Britain Bunker

Website: https://battleofbritainbunker.co.uk/whats-on/

Address:
Wren Avenue
UXBRIDGE
London
UB10 0GG
United Kingdom

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Ivor Perl was born Yitzchak Perlmutter in 1932, in the Hungarian town of Mako. Ivor lost his parents and seven brothers and sisters to the Holocaust. In a narrative spanning survival, loss, and resilience, Ivor’s story is told by his youngest granddaughter; their strong close bond shines through in the story.
Ivor’s childhood, his close-knit family, and the rise of antisemitism in Hungary and Europe are portrayed through photos, videos and testimony. The Nuremberg Laws, ghettos, and forced deportations shape the harrowing journey of Ivor and his family. The Auschwitz experience, described with heartbreaking detail, leads to separation, dehumanization, and the enduring trauma of the Holocaust. Survival becomes a tale of daily atrocities, the dread of gas chambers, and a brutal death march. Liberation finally comes in May 1945, but not without enduring unimaginable suffering and loss. Ivor and his brother Alec find refuge in a Displaced Persons camp, with the story culminating in their eventual resettlem

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