St Mary’s Catholic High School / 2 Mar
A look back at Holocaust Memorial Day last half term...
Some year 7 and 8 students had the opportunity to listen to and reflect on excerpts of testimony from Ruth Barnett and Zdenka Husserl, survivors of the Holocaust. They shared their written reflections on hands- which year 10 and 12 students displayed on three HMD flames. On Holocaust Memorial Day, all students began the day by listening to excerpts of the testimony of John Fieldsend- who came to Britain on the Kindertransport. At lunch we held a reflective service, and students gathered to remember the victims and survivors of the Holocaust; Nazi persecution and contemporary genocides. We shared excerpts of the Stockholm Declaration and prayed using the CCJ prayer for Holocaust Memorial Day 2023.
Some Sixth form students also had the opportunity to attend an online talk hosted by Dr Rachel Century, Head of Research at the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. The students had listened to the HMDT podcast series, hosted by Dr Century, and had shared questions in advance related to these. Dr Century was impressed with the quality of the students’ questions and shared sensitive and thought-provoking answers.