Holocaust victims are remembered

Jan 26 2008 by Neil Atkinson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

YOUNG people in Huddersfield paid tribute to victims and survivors of the Holocaust.

A large number of teenagers got together with survivors to stage a Holocaust Memorial event in the Town Hall.

They were joined by Elland couple Ibi and Val Ginsburg, who survived the atrocity and have gone on to tell their story many times over the years.

They were among many people welcomed to the Town Hall by the Mayor of Kirklees, Clr Jean Calvert.

Young actors from Scunthorpe and Hull presented a dramatic production called The Cage, looking at child soldiers and Polish child slaves.

Youngsters from five Kirklees high schools have been studying the Holocaust and they presented their work.

There were also contributions from Adam Strickson, who was the narrator for the drama presentations.

The audience included members of Huddersfield Interfaith Council and the North Kirklees Interfaith Group, who lit candles in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

The story of Holocaust victim Anne Frank will be retold when her step-sister visits Huddersfield.

Eva Schloss survived the Holocaust and has spent her life spreading the message of Anne Frank and life during the Second World War.

Mrs Schloss, whose mother married Anne Frank’s father after the war, went into hiding with her family for two years before being captured and sent to Auschwitz.

Her famous step-sister, Anne Frank, died at Bergen Belsen in 1945. But throughout her time in hiding in Amsterdam she wrote a diary, which has been published world wide.

Mrs Schloss will give a talk about Anne Frank and her life at Waterstone’s bookshop in the Kingsgate Centre at 4.15pm next Wednesday, then sign copies of her book.