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Derby Telegraph, UK
Jan 27 2015
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL EVENTS IN DERBY
Until Thursday, January 29: Bosnia-Herzegovina Community Centre, 99
Curzon St, DE1 1LN, during opening hours - exhibition to commemorate
the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, and the Bosnian war.
Until Friday, January 30: Derby Cathedral, Irongate, DE1 3GP, during
cathedral opening hours - "Keep the Memory Alive", a special
exhibition.
Features from the past - sufferings of the Bosnian and Ukrainian
peoples; for the future - Holocaust Memorial Day poster competition
2015, the winning entries from Derby primary and secondary schools.
Today, Holocaust Memorial Day: 70th anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
3pm, Bridge Chapel, Sowter Road - reflection and meditation, led by
the Dean of Derby, the Very Rev Dr John Davies. From the Bridge Chapel
the observance moves to the trees dedicated to Anne Frank and Olga
Nahlak, on the green opposite the Bridge Chapel. Iryna Bates from
Derby's Ukrainian community, will read her poem "Stones" in memory of
Olga Nahlak. There will also be a commemoration to those who died in
Auschwitz, before the Dean and the Mayor of Derby, Councillor Shiraz
Khan, lead the placing of the small stones at the foot of each tree.
The ambassador for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mustafa Mujezinovic, the
ambassador for Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, and Fedir Kurlak, chief
executive and general secretary of the Association of Ukrainians in
Great Britain, will also be in attendance and lay stones. All who wish
to do so may then lay stones, which will be provided at the trees.
4.15pm - Bosnia-Herzegovina Centre, Curzon Street DE1 1LN,
commemoration of the Bosnian war and Srebrenica massacre.
At 4.30pm - the time at which the candles will be lit at the UK
commemorative event in London and in Auschwitz, Derby's 70th
anniversary Holocaust memorial candle - one of only 70 to be awarded
to local groups by the national Holocaust Memorial Day Trust - will be
lit for the first time by Medina Salkic, a Bosnian woman who lost many
male relatives in the Bosnia Srebrenica massacre, with Bahrudin Muhic
who lost his father and others - his relatives can be seen in the
convoy on an infamous picture of the men being taken from Srebrenica.
The flame from the 70th anniversary candle will be preserved in a
hurricane lamp and taken to the cathedral.
6pm - Derby Cathedral, Irongate, DE1 3GP - Multi-faith service of
commemoration in Derby Cathedral, with readings from the Bible and
Qu'ran, the Jewish Kaddish (traditional Hebrew prayer for the dead),
roll call of genocides with candle-lighting, and music from one of the
cathedral choirs and Derby High School for girls. Charles Whitaker,
whose poem about the Holocaust was adopted by the national HMD Trust
last year, will read his new poem for this year, "Keep the Memory
Alive", which has also been adopted by the national HMDT and placed on
its online website gallery.
The 70th anniversary candle will be brought into the cathedral from
the Bosnia-Herzegovina Centre and lit, for the second time, by Russell
Pollard in commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian genocide.
7.30pm - Quad, Market Place, DE1 3AS - An evening of commemoration and
celebration to include performances by communities that have found
sanctuary and safety from persecution in Derby. The programme starts
with the third lighting of the 70th anniversary candle and
presentations by Judy Sherwood, whose grandmother died in Auschwitz,
and Isaac Pizer, whose Jewish family was transported from Greece and
died in Auschwitz-Birkenau. This event is currently sold out, but
people are welcome to see if there are any returns on the evening.
Wednesday January 28: 9.15am - Quad, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AS -
"Into the Arms of Strangers", the award-winning documentary about the
Kindertransport, which brought 10,000 unaccompanied Jewish children
from Nazi-occupied territory to safety in England, just before the
outbreak of war in 1939, will be shown.
2pm - Central Library, The Wardwick, Derby DE1 1HS - Talk with Q&A
called "Bosnia and Herzegovina - Twenty Years On".
Friday January 30: 12pm - The "Our Heritage" Gallery (1st Floor of
Derby's Market Hall), Keep the Memory Alive: Memories from Derby's
Diverse Communities.
Saturday January 31: 7.30pm - Ukrainian Community Centre, 27 Charnwood
St, Derby, DE1 2GU, 7.30pm: an evening of Ukrainian and Klezmer Folk
Music and Dance. For more information, contact Anne Johns on 07952 503
001.
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Holocaust-Memorial-Day-Derbyshire-remember-mark/story-25927871-detail/story.html
Jan 27 2015
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL EVENTS IN DERBY
Until Thursday, January 29: Bosnia-Herzegovina Community Centre, 99
Curzon St, DE1 1LN, during opening hours - exhibition to commemorate
the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, and the Bosnian war.
Until Friday, January 30: Derby Cathedral, Irongate, DE1 3GP, during
cathedral opening hours - "Keep the Memory Alive", a special
exhibition.
Features from the past - sufferings of the Bosnian and Ukrainian
peoples; for the future - Holocaust Memorial Day poster competition
2015, the winning entries from Derby primary and secondary schools.
Today, Holocaust Memorial Day: 70th anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
3pm, Bridge Chapel, Sowter Road - reflection and meditation, led by
the Dean of Derby, the Very Rev Dr John Davies. From the Bridge Chapel
the observance moves to the trees dedicated to Anne Frank and Olga
Nahlak, on the green opposite the Bridge Chapel. Iryna Bates from
Derby's Ukrainian community, will read her poem "Stones" in memory of
Olga Nahlak. There will also be a commemoration to those who died in
Auschwitz, before the Dean and the Mayor of Derby, Councillor Shiraz
Khan, lead the placing of the small stones at the foot of each tree.
The ambassador for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mustafa Mujezinovic, the
ambassador for Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, and Fedir Kurlak, chief
executive and general secretary of the Association of Ukrainians in
Great Britain, will also be in attendance and lay stones. All who wish
to do so may then lay stones, which will be provided at the trees.
4.15pm - Bosnia-Herzegovina Centre, Curzon Street DE1 1LN,
commemoration of the Bosnian war and Srebrenica massacre.
At 4.30pm - the time at which the candles will be lit at the UK
commemorative event in London and in Auschwitz, Derby's 70th
anniversary Holocaust memorial candle - one of only 70 to be awarded
to local groups by the national Holocaust Memorial Day Trust - will be
lit for the first time by Medina Salkic, a Bosnian woman who lost many
male relatives in the Bosnia Srebrenica massacre, with Bahrudin Muhic
who lost his father and others - his relatives can be seen in the
convoy on an infamous picture of the men being taken from Srebrenica.
The flame from the 70th anniversary candle will be preserved in a
hurricane lamp and taken to the cathedral.
6pm - Derby Cathedral, Irongate, DE1 3GP - Multi-faith service of
commemoration in Derby Cathedral, with readings from the Bible and
Qu'ran, the Jewish Kaddish (traditional Hebrew prayer for the dead),
roll call of genocides with candle-lighting, and music from one of the
cathedral choirs and Derby High School for girls. Charles Whitaker,
whose poem about the Holocaust was adopted by the national HMD Trust
last year, will read his new poem for this year, "Keep the Memory
Alive", which has also been adopted by the national HMDT and placed on
its online website gallery.
The 70th anniversary candle will be brought into the cathedral from
the Bosnia-Herzegovina Centre and lit, for the second time, by Russell
Pollard in commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian genocide.
7.30pm - Quad, Market Place, DE1 3AS - An evening of commemoration and
celebration to include performances by communities that have found
sanctuary and safety from persecution in Derby. The programme starts
with the third lighting of the 70th anniversary candle and
presentations by Judy Sherwood, whose grandmother died in Auschwitz,
and Isaac Pizer, whose Jewish family was transported from Greece and
died in Auschwitz-Birkenau. This event is currently sold out, but
people are welcome to see if there are any returns on the evening.
Wednesday January 28: 9.15am - Quad, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AS -
"Into the Arms of Strangers", the award-winning documentary about the
Kindertransport, which brought 10,000 unaccompanied Jewish children
from Nazi-occupied territory to safety in England, just before the
outbreak of war in 1939, will be shown.
2pm - Central Library, The Wardwick, Derby DE1 1HS - Talk with Q&A
called "Bosnia and Herzegovina - Twenty Years On".
Friday January 30: 12pm - The "Our Heritage" Gallery (1st Floor of
Derby's Market Hall), Keep the Memory Alive: Memories from Derby's
Diverse Communities.
Saturday January 31: 7.30pm - Ukrainian Community Centre, 27 Charnwood
St, Derby, DE1 2GU, 7.30pm: an evening of Ukrainian and Klezmer Folk
Music and Dance. For more information, contact Anne Johns on 07952 503
001.
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Holocaust-Memorial-Day-Derbyshire-remember-mark/story-25927871-detail/story.html