27 January 2013 Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day is the international

day of remembrance for the victims and
the survivors of the Holocaust and other
genocides. Since 2001, 27 January has
marked Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK.

This date was chosen because it was on this

day in 1945 that the largest Nazi death camp,
Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated.

Each year a national theme is chosen to

provide a focus to the event. The theme for
2013 is “Communities Together, Build a
Bridge”. By taking inspiration from the past,
celebrating difference and
ensuring respect for all, we
can Build a Bridge in our
communities and help to
create a safer,
better future.

Bringing communities together IN Salford

Public events to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

For more Broughton Community Hub, 50 Rigby Street, Salford, M7 4BQ

information visit
www.salford.gov.uk/
Civic commemorative event
holocaustmemorialday Monday 28 January 2013, 6.30pm to 8.30pm
A formal ceremony of remembrance for Holocaust
Memorial Day will be held at Broughton Community
Hub. All Salford residents are invited to attend this
event which will feature:
• A speech from Holocaust survivor Jack Aizenberg
• Members of the BBC Philharmonic will perform
movements from Michael Tippett’s 2nd String Quartet and
Benjamin Britten’s 1st String Quartet.
• Screening of a series of short films including “Forgotten
Genocide” describing the Nazi persecution of the Roma and
Sinti through the eyes of 6 young people
• A formal act of commemoration with eight candles lit and
eight stones laid in remembrance of victims of the Holocaust
and all subsequent genocides
Free parking is available at the venue.

Hub Foyer – art installation

From mid January onwards
The Hub is proud to host a thought provoking and
powerful exhibition of Holocaust related works by
local artist Chava Rosenzweig. Featuring a number
of figurative images focusing on the fragility of life
and identity, as well as the power of symbols and
signs, the series is at once absorbing and reflective.

Chava has recently been commissioned by the

Imperial War Museum North to develop a major
public work interpreting the Holocaust which will be
on show from January 2013 throughout the year.

The display will run alongside an installation of

books kindly provided by the Library service and the
Association of Jewish Refugees, and is open to the
public.
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For more Holocaust Education Project
information call the
Jewish Museum
In advance of Holocaust Memorial Day, local school
on 0161 834 9879 pupils will participate in three sessions studying
or visit www. Jewish life before and after World War II, the Lodz
manchesterjewish Ghetto, the camps, immigration into the UK and the
museum.com
legacy inherited by the second and third generations
of survivors’ families here.

After visiting Manchester Jewish Museum and the

Imperial War Museum North, pupils will explore
the issues they have studied with Holocaust artist
Caroline Slifkin. They will be encouraged to interpret
their thoughts using the medium of photography and
specific words or phrases linked to the Holocaust.
Sessions will examine the power of images, drawing
on photographs taken during the Holocaust. The
resulting display will form an exhibition to be shown
at the school, the Imperial War Museum North and
the Jewish Museum from 27 January to 25 February
2013.

Survivor Talk
Sunday 27 January, 2.00pm, free entrance
Following on from last year’s ‘Windermere Boys’
exhibition, on Holocaust Memorial Day itself
Joanna Millan will speak at the Museum about her
experiences as a young child in Theresienstadt and
how she was flown to England to recuperate before
starting a new life in the UK.

The Peace Quilt Exhibition

The Museum is proud to display the International
Peace Quilt from 21 January to 25 February 2013.
As a response to London 2012, children from across
the world were invited to draw what Peace means to
them. Drawings were received from 197 countries,
textile copies of which were stitched together into a
quilt, offering a moving representation of children’s
desire for a peaceful world.
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For reasons of space, Main Exhibition Space

not all activities and
dates are listed.
Artist’s Reaction: Chava Rosenzweig
Please check www. Saturday 26 January until December 2013
iwm.org.uk/events/
iwm-north for further Marking Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday 27
details.
January 2013, IWM North presents an installation
by local artist Chava Rosenzweig. This is the latest
in the Museum’s Reactions series where artists are
invited to display work showing how war shapes
lives.

Entrance is free The intimate and powerful exhibition features

but booking may hundreds of porcelain stars fired in a gas kiln, and
be required. Email
learningnorth@iwm. explores the impact of the Holocaust on second
org.uk to check. and third generations of survivors’ families, on
identity and living with the legacies. It considers
how the Holocaust has shaped people’s lives, and
the complex relationships between the processes
of forgetting and remembering, destruction and
creation.

Meet the Artist: Chava Rosenzweig

Sunday 27 January, 12.30pm
Meet under the Harrier Jump Jet. Join artist Chava
Rosenzweig to learn more about her artworks and
practice, including the creation of the piece currently on
display in the main exhibition space. Ideal for ages 14+

RNCM in the City at IWM North: Holocaust

Memorial Day
Sunday 27 January, 3.30pm Learning Studio
A free special performance of Steve Reich’s
‘Different Trains!’ by students of the Royal Northern
College of Music to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

This event is part of ‘RNCM in the City’, a series of

40 free performances in 40 different venues across
Manchester and Salford, marking the College’s 40th
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anniversary. For more information visit

www.rncm.ac.uk

A Closer Look (Ideal for ages 14+)

Sunday 27 to Thursday 31 January, 2.15pm
Meet at the Tour Point in the Foyer. This session
offers the chance to learn more about the moving
personal stories behind some of the Museum’s
fascinating collections. During this tour see a
suitcase belonging to the parents of Eva Wohl who
was sent on the Kindertransport to Britain from Nazi
Germany to escape persecution, plus the new art
installation by Chava Rosenzweig.

The Adventures of Able Seaman Wally Tobin (Ideal

for all ages)
Open Studio sessions Saturday 12 and 26 January, 11.00am – 12.30pm and
also include creative 3.00pm – 4.30pm Learning Studio
family friendly
activities. What have a parrot, a coconut and a motorbike got
in common? Exploring the Holocaust Memorial
The session on
Saturday 26 January
Day theme of ‘Communities Together’ this special
is part of National storytelling session recounts the adventures of
Storytelling Week. Able Seaman Wally Tobin and looks at how people
from different cultures and countries work together
in times of hardship and war. The event is family
friendly and includes craft activities.

Shaping Up (Ideal for all ages)

Saturday 5 and 19 January, 11.00am – 12.30pm and
3.00pm – 4.30pm Learning Studio
Exploring the national theme of ‘Communities
Together’ this special session follows the tale of
a group of shapes who discover how much better
things can be when we all get along. Includes a
creative activity based on shapes and patterns.
Useful information

The significance Holocaust Memorial Day 2013

of the stone Holocaust Memorial Day provides an opportunity for
When visiting
everyone to learn lessons from the intolerance and
a Jewish grave
the custom is hatred that led to the Holocaust and subsequent
to place a small genocides to help build a safer, better present and
stone on the grave future.
using the left
hand. This shows Each year the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
that someone
has visited the co-ordinates the national programme and develops
gravesite. the overall theme.

The Trust exists to promote the memory of the

millions who were murdered in the Holocaust
and subsequent genocides in order to challenge
hatred and persecution in the UK today. For more
information visit www.hmd.org.uk or
www.buildabridge.hmd.org.uk

Broughton Hub
50 Rigby Street, Salford M7 4BQ
www.salford.gov.uk/holocaustmemorialday

Manchester Jewish Museum

190 Cheetham Hill Rd, Manchester, M8 8LW
www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com

IWM North (part of Imperial War Museums)

The Quays, Trafford Wharf Road,
Manchester, M17 1TZ
0161 836 4000
www.iwm.org.uk
learningnorth@iwm.org.uk