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North Leeds EDITORIAL Carole Carey-Campbell carole@northleedslife. co.uk
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2020
Kyle Harvey kyle@northleedslife.co.uk
ADVERTISING Leeds is marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 with a series of free events, including a civic remembrance at Leeds Town Hall on Sunday 26th January at 2pm, which is open to all. Holocaust Memorial Day is an international commemoration of the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust, as well as the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution, and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest German Nazi concentration and death camp, and the 25th anniversary of the Genocide in Bosnia. Opened by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, this year’s civic remembrance includes a keynote speech by Dr James Smith, co-founder of the UK National Holocaust Centre and Chief Executive Officer of the Aegis Trust. There will be a reading of the seven statements of commitment with candle lighting and a traditional Hebrew mourning prayer sung by Rudi Leavor BEM, president of the Braford Synagogue. And, the Opera North Youth Chorus will perform a piece on this year’s theme, ‘Stand Together’.
Leeds Town Hall will also host a photographic exhibition entitled ‘We Were There: Holocaust Survivors in Leeds’, from 13th January – 29th February. This will focus on children and young people who survived Nazi persecution in the 1930s and 1940s, who came to Leeds as refugees or survivors and made new lives here. The exhibition presents personal photos of survivors and their families alongside survivors’ stories of discrimination, persecution, escape, hiding, ghettos, forced labour, concentration camps and liberation. (Images and content featured are courtesy of the Holocaust Survivors' Friendship Association.) There will be a free screening of the film ‘Schindler’s List’ on Monday 27th January, 7pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Reserve your place via the Seven Arts café, or the Arts Development team at Leeds City Council 0113 378 7191 / arts@leeds.gov.uk
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Rachael Stafford rachael@northleeds life.co.uk
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