“It is the most amazing story about what British communities can do for foreign refugees and the gift they give.” Robert Rinder, Who Do You Think You Are, BBC One, August 2018.
On the 14th August 1945, 300 Jewish child survivors of the Holocaust arrived in the UK. They would spend time near Lake Windermere in the Lake District as part of a programme of recovery and recuperation. These young people were some of the very few children from across Europe to have survived the Holocaust. Without exception each of them had endured unimaginable trauma and difficulties and most of them would find very few survivors from their wider families.
“My coming to England brought me back to civilisation. It gave me the desire to want to learn and catch up with the studies I was deprived of during the war years. It made me believe again that people were also humane, and not only beasts.” Joseph Ribo, child survivor.
Wars and genocide create refugees, people needing help, safety and refuge from persecution and murder. ‘The Boys’ needed significant help to rebuild their lives after the war. Their experiences at Windermere were the start of this long process. The compassion that they were shown empowered them to survive their trauma and begin to live again.
Join us on the 21st June as we discuss how we can explore this important history with our young people.
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Online
Starts from 21/06/2023 to 21/06/2023
Join Helen McCord – UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, Tom Palmer – author of ‘After the War, From Auschwitz to Ambleside’ and Trevor Avery – Director of Lake District Holocaust Project.
21st June 2023, online: 4.00 – 5.30pm
Hosted in conjunction with the RWBA conference EYP2CtW23, to mark #RefugeeWeek2023
The day will include the following sessions: Session 1: Personal […]
