Holocaust Memorial Day
This Saturday 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day.
According to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust 41% of people believe that a Holocaust could happen in Britain:
"Holocaust Memorial Day is an issue for everyone. The lessons of the Holocaust are of universal relevance and have implications for us all. Holocaust Memorial Day offers an opportunity for people in the UK in the 21st century to reflect upon, consider and discuss how those events still have relevance for all members of today's society."
http://www.hmd.org.uk/
There are events going on around the East Midlands region and the rest of the UK.
http://www.hmd.org.uk/events/region/4/
The East Midlands also had the first dedicated Holocaust Memorial and Education Centre in Britain, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. See their website for more details.
http://www.holocaustcentre.net/
According to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust 41% of people believe that a Holocaust could happen in Britain:
"Holocaust Memorial Day is an issue for everyone. The lessons of the Holocaust are of universal relevance and have implications for us all. Holocaust Memorial Day offers an opportunity for people in the UK in the 21st century to reflect upon, consider and discuss how those events still have relevance for all members of today's society."
http://www.hmd.org.uk/
There are events going on around the East Midlands region and the rest of the UK.
http://www.hmd.org.uk/events/region/4/
The East Midlands also had the first dedicated Holocaust Memorial and Education Centre in Britain, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. See their website for more details.
http://www.holocaustcentre.net/
Comments
Here's the blurb:
In this programme, Year 9 students from Aylesford School in Warwick visit the Holocaust Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.
This is an intensely poignant and shocking experience for the students; several are deeply moved as they talk to camera about their reactions to what they have seen.
Before and after going round the exhibition, the students have preparatory and debrief sessions with the museum's education officer.
At the end of the programme, we see the students take part in a follow-up history lesson back at school.
I don't know if it's any good - I just saw it advertised in the Guardian.
Ceri
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/materialworld/2007/01/the_atrocity_exhibition.html