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Holocaust Memorial Day

75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Aled Jones visits Nottingham's National Holocaust Centre, and Pam Rhodes meets survivors, including some rescued by the Kindertransport.

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Aled Jones meets Dr James Smith, the Christian co- founder of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum in Nottingham and hears about the outreach work taking place there with schools and survivors.

The programme features Jewish Holocaust survivors now living in the UK, including a German lady who was rescued as a child and then educated in England by the Quakers, and a Polish survivor who witnessed the murder of her aunt by the Nazis. Diane Scupholme tells Aled about the role her father, a chaplain, played in the liberation of Belsen and how the reports written by British chaplains became an important historical record of the cruelty and suffering experienced by those imprisoned in the camps. The chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Olivia Marks-Woldman, tells Pam Rhodes about the special projects and events taking place across the UK to mark this landmark anniversary, and we have hymns from around the country.

Music
The Lord’s My Shepherd - St John the Baptist Church, Tideswell
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace - All Saints Church, Northampton
God I Look to You - Reading Town Hall
Lead Kindly Light - Arundel Cathedral
Abide with Me - Glasgow Cathedral
Brother, Sister, Let Me Serve You - St Pol De Leon, Penzance
O Brother Man - Down Cathedral, Downpatrick

34 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Jan 2020 15:05

Stories

The National Holocaust Centre and Museum

Co- Founder James Smith takes Aled on a tour around the museum to show him the incredible work happening there involving survivors, school children and technology to record survivor testimonials.

Holocaust Survivors

Pam Rhodes visits Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors’ Centre. She meets survivors working on their memorial flame and speaks to their CEO about the importance of remembering this landmark anniversary.

The Quakers and Kindertransport

Holocaust survivor Ruth Barnett, who was sponsored by the Quakers aged 4, came to the UK on Kindertransport. She speaks about her journey here and why the Quakers will always have a special place in her heart. 

British Chaplains and the liberation of Bergen-Belsen

We speak to Rob Thompson about his research involving Chaplains and the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen.  Aled meets the daughter of a chaplain who was present at the liberation of the camp. 

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Aled Jones
Presenter Pam Rhodes
Executive Producer Cat Lewis
Executive Producer Emyr Afan
Series Producer Matthew Napier
Producer Karen Hannah
Production Company Avanti Media

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