On Tuesday 26 January 2021 at 6pm Southampton will be marking the UK’s national Holocaust Memorial Day with a commemorative online event organised by the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton together with Solent University.
The Mayor of Southampton, Councillor Sue Blatchford, will open the evening, together with the University of Southampton Vice-President for Education, Professor Alex Neill, the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Solent University, Nona McDuff OBE, and Dr Claire Le Foll, Director of the Parkes Institute. The evening will feature a testimony by holocaust survivor Henry Schachter OBE, followed by a question and answer session, and a performance by students from Solent University of scenes from the play Kindertransport by Diane Samuels.
The event will take place online via Zoom, at 18:00 on Tuesday 26 January 2021.
The event is free, but registration is required. Please note that the event will be recorded. Registration provides access to the Parkes Institute Holocaust Memorial Day online exhibition, which includes responses from local sixth form students.
Please also note that the event is being held one day prior to the official Holocaust Memorial Day, to allow our audience to attend both local and national events.
Please register using this Eventbrite page.
Further information is available from the Parkes Institute.
