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We meet every Monday at our scout hq.

As we mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau join us at the Multi Faith Centre to see the collaboratively produced 80 Candles Quilt and learn about some of those documented.

10am - Welco...

Join Community Arts Practitioner Laura Burrill to explore stories of some of those affected by the Holocaust and help create a slow stitch patchwork memory quilt to bear witness for those who endured genocide, and honour the survivors and all thos...

Davis Wirth - son of two Auschwitz survivors gave a talk to 67 students and staff at West Nottinghamshire College in Mansfield about the Holocaust in Hungary.

Author Ainslie Hepburn will give a talk about her latest book 'In the Footsteps of the Holocaust: The Story and Letters of a German Jewish Family' which details her family's experiences. It is the biography of Hermann Hartog (a Jewish teacher in ...

Service for the community being held at St. Luke's Church, Church Street, Cannock at 10 a.m.

An event to honour the survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides, and remember those that were murdered.
It will take place on the 27th January at AFC Telford United Stadium at
10.00am for a 10.30 start, and end at about 11.30am.<...

Short service in the Memorial Garden when the flag was lowered and a few words were said in memory of those lost to the Holocaust.

Thursday 09 Jan 2025, Shrewsbury Castle: 1930hrs

Speaker – Phil Ginnings.

Ordinary Women and The Holocaust – 1939 – 1945

Phil Ginnings was a history teacher and department head in several schools and an FE College for 25 years...

Poems by victims of the Holocaust, followed by poems from other conflicts and genocides, and finishing with a few poems of hope for the future.
The event begins with a brief introduction, setting the Holocaust in its original historical cont...

30.01.25 8.20-11.20am

Lesley Urbach- Holocaust Guest Speaker
Arrive 8:20- 8:30am- Meet Ellie in school reception
8:30-8:50am- Breakfast in school canteen with Ellie
8:50am- Go to theatre to set up first talk
9-10am- ...

This event will have reflections from the Jewish Societies (JSOCs) of both Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and University of Nottingham (UoN), we will have a number of keynote speakers from Jewish Community, UoN and NTU. There will also be cand...

Exclusive screening of 'THE COMMANDANT'S SHADOW' + live in-person interview with one of the stars of the film, Maya Lasker-Wallfisch.

In this critically acclaimed documentary feature, from Warner Brothers and HBO Max, the legendary 99-year ...

We will be encouraging out supporters to share Holocaust Memorial social media posts from our various platforms with the suggested hashtags. We also have a PowerPoint resource which can be shared within church on a Sunday close to Holocaust Memori...

Canalside Heritage Centre's Craft and Natter Group are busy knitting 80 Candles for 80 years. On Wednesday 22nd January 2025 the group will display the candles in the Weir View Room to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025.
This collaborative cra...

A week long series of assemblies for each year group. The assembly was led by staff and students reflecting on the horrors of genocide

Good afternoon all,

Anita Peleg, from Generation to Generation, delivered a compelling and poignant presentation to CPSD about her mother, Naomi Blake, a sculptor and Auschwitz survivor.

At the conclusion of the presentation, we expr...

Westmorland and Furness Council will mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) by lighting up buildings and flying the HMD flag.

On Monday 27 January, Barrow and Kendal Town Halls will be illuminated in purple, while the HMD flag will f...

6pm - Tolling tenor bell half-muffled, i.e. alternately muffled (in memory) and open/loud and bright (prayer for better future).

General public can hear the bell being tolled across the local community, especially closer to the church.

The University of York is honored to welcome Dame Stephanie Shirley CH for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Lecture.

In this profound and inspiring talk, Dame Stephanie will share her family’s experience of escaping Nazi persecution, their l...