By Joshua Robinson – 

Now open on Sundays from 11 am for Spring and Summer, Holocaust Centre North – based at the University of Huddersfield – is launching a brand new programme of weekend events, talks, and family activities from Sunday 28^th April, to enable visitors of all ages to engage with its permanent exhibition creatively.

Holocaust Centre North tells a global history of the Holocaust through a northern lens, sharing over 120 local stories and materials from survivors and refugees who rebuilt their lives in the north of England after escaping or surviving Nazi persecution. This new and largely free programme of weekly events includes talks, workshops, story-telling, and interactive activities which will all bring to life the Centre’s collections and archives and its themes of survival, persecution, history, loss, migration, resilience, and hope.

This new Sunday programme was launched on Sunday 28^th April, where History lovers of all ages were invited to join the Centre’s dedicated learning team for exciting activities. The event was free and drop-ins were welcome. All ages are welcome and no pre-booking was necessary for this activity.

Future events include:

Sunday 5^th May – Zines have historically been the medium through which individuals, groups, and marginalised communities can pursue shared ideas and subjects through making and distributing hand-made publications. Come along and create your own zine reflecting on your experiences of visiting Holocaust Centre North.

Sunday 12^th May – How does a family learn about their Holocaust history? Join 3^rd generation Holocaust survivor Elissa Winston to learn about her family’s story of the Holocaust and her grandmother’s story of survival, as well as consider the lasting effects on a family.

Start time: 1 pm

Booking:- https://hcn.org.uk/events/my-grandma-and-me-a-family-talk-of-survival/

Cost – £5 / £3.50 for OAPs – Uni of Hud students

Sunday 19^th May – This talk will discuss the work Louise K Wilson produced as part of Encountering Survival, the series of audio guides made for the Through Our Eyes exhibition at Holocaust Centre North https://audioguides.hcn.org.uk/. Operating in the space between museum interpretation and sound art, these works were created to prompt the visitor to reflect both on the Centre’s collection and museum display, but importantly on what is not there – whether lost, destroyed, stolen, left behind, or immaterial. A new work for Encountering Survival – which focuses on the impact of intergenerational trauma through the experiences of two families – will be introduced by Wilson at this event.

Start time: 1 pm

Book here – https://hcn.org.uk/events/encountering-survival-audio-guide-launch/

Sunday 2^nd June – Tracy Craggs is Holocaust Centre North’s Head of Collections but she has also interviewed members of the armed forces for 25 years, both for her doctoral thesis ‘An Unspectacular War? Reconstructing the History of the 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment during the Second World War’ and also on behalf of museums and archives across the UK. Her first book resulted from a promise she made to the veterans of the 2nd Battalion to tell their story. Her talk aims to bring to life the memories of some of the men who landed on Sword Beach on D-Day. She will describe, in their own words, what it was like to prepare for and take part, in that momentous day.

Start time: 1 pm

Book here – https://hcn.org.uk/events/book-launch-an-unspectacular-war/

Sunday 9^th June – Join the team at Holocaust Centre North at 1 pm for an exclusive tour around their permanent exhibition ‘Through Our Eyes’ and hear some of the stories of survivors that couldn’t be fitted into the exhibition.

Sunday 16^th June – Holocaust Centre North will be joined by storyteller Ruth Steinberg for an afternoon of stories, music, and humour for her performance of ‘A Flower Is Not A Rat’.

Start time: 1 pm

Book here – https://hcn.org.uk/events/a-flower-is-not-a-rat/

Cost – £5 / £3.50 for OAPs – Uni of Hud students

Holocaust Centre North:

Hannah Randall, Head of Learning at Holocaust Centre North comments: “Our Sunday events give new audiences the chance to engage with our work who normally may not be able to due to their work or family commitments. Sundays also give us the space to offer programming outside our usual offer to bring history to life through hands-on activities, talks, and creative programming.”

Holocaust Centre North is open every Sunday for visitors from 11 am – 3:30 pm and on Mondays to Thursdays 10 – 4 pm.

To learn more about the Holocaust Centre North, please visit their website at: https://hcn.org.uk/

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