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11:45am Reception and piano recital
12 noon Opening of the HMD commemoration
12:05pm Tutu’s Senior Dance Group - ‘Fragility’
12:20pm Book reading by Patricia Findlay of Jane Haining – A life of love and c...
Book Discussion on Jane Haining, A life of love and courage by Mary Miller
Tuesday 23 January 7-9pm on-line
Remembering the Christian missionary who sacrificed her life in Auschwitz to stay with the Jewish children in her care.
We have prepared a short video clip which explains about the Holocaust and the purpose of Holocaust Memorial Day.
This is going to be shown to all pupils during their morning registration.
Department Heads have all been given HMD candl...
We are commemorating HMD24 with an in-person and online event, delivered by our elected members.
We will also show a short documentary created by one of our elected members that fits into the theme.
• 10:30 hrs - Stalls Open, view displays and engage with stall holders and communities
• 12:00 hrs - The candle lighting ceremony in remembrance
On completion visitors can continue to view the stands and this will be a further engagem...
HMD Jersey takes place in the Occupation Tapestry Gallery on the New North Quay. This year's guest speaker is Smajo Beŝo, founder of the Bosnian Genocide Educational Trust. The Dean of Jersey, the Very Rev Mike Keirle, will give the Closing Addres...
We are using our gazebo and stall to display the history of the Holocaust and what happened, pinning up the display on the outside of the gazebo to make the information easier for folks to see.
There will also be Life Stories of the Jews in ...
We will be using the HMD material giving the history of the Holocaust and what happened.
Life Stories of Jews affected by the Holocaust are on display as well.
There will be copies of the information pinned up so the informaion of what...
Assembly for P6, P7, and S1-6 lead by senior students, looking at the experience and testimony of Holocaust Survivor Lydia Tischler.
Friday 26th Jan from 7.30 to 10pm in Westray Parish Kirk
The Youth Group is open to anyone of secondary school age and older teenagers.
Lerwick Town Hall will be lit purple to 'Light the Darkness' overnight on Friday 26 January 2024 to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Reading with Miss C will feature The Whispering Town which is a children’s book inspired by the story of the fishing town of Gilleleje during World War 2 and how the towns people helped Danish Jews to flee prosecution. Miss C will read the story b...