Surviving the Holocaust

Last week the Year 9 students attended a talk by Hephzibah Rudofsky about her family's experience of the Holocaust. Hephzibah's talk compliments the year 9 studies of the Holocaust which we are learning this term.

Hephzibah has visited the school for many years and commented that the students asked fantastic questions and were a wonderful credit to the school. If you would like to discuss this topic and the talk with your child and learn more about the story of Hephzi's family, you can find further information here: https://www.survivingtheholocaust.co.uk/home

Furthermore, many students have expressed an interest in reading 'Fragments of a Lost Childhood', the memoir written by Hephzibah's mother. Please do encourage your child to do so, we have copies in the school library but the book can also be purchased at this link: https://www.survivingtheholocaust.co.uk/book

Lastly, if your family has a connection to the Holocaust or has experiences that you believe would be valuable to share, or perhaps you have documents, records or photographs please do contact the History Department phoebe.lewis@portland-place.co.uk. We would love to begin to build a record of information and family history relating to our students to help them to understand their own place in History and for others to hear how historical events are still present in our lives today.