Moving Holocaust Memorial Day assembly held by The Radclyffe School
The Radclyffe School hosted a poignant and enlightening assembly to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday.
The event was organised in partnership with Oldham Council, Oldham Youth Council, the Oldham Interfaith Forum and Stuart Ferster from the Northern
Holocaust Education Group, who shared the story of his father Chaim Ferster, a Holocaust survivor who was imprisoned in multiple concentration camps between March 1943 and April 1945.
The Deputy Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Eddie Moores performed an opening speech, Year 9 students from The Radclyffe School, who have been
studying the Sho’ah as part of their curriculum, shared the impact that this work has had on them, and Oldham Youth Service and Oldham Theatre Workshop presented their The Listen to the Earth Project. The project involved involved a five day visit to Poland, where they met witnesses of the Holocaust and their descendants and visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps.
Year 9 student Le Prince gave a powerful performance of Golden Hour by Jvke on the piano and Father Phil Sumner, from the Oldham Interfaith Forum, brought the commemorative event to a close with a thoughtful message about the continued relevance of Holocaust remembrance and the need to fight discrimination and hatred in all forms.
The community also came out to pay their respects at a moving service held in Shaw with children from Beal Vale Primary School, Crompton House School and Farrowdale House Independent Preparatory School.
Oldham Council leader Cllr Arooj Shah said: "We hope that Holocaust Memorial Day can be an opportunity for people to come together, learn both from and about the past and take actions to make a better future for all."
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