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Survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, her daughter Maya,Höss’s grandson, Kai and son Hans Jürgen in Daniela Völker’s The Commandant’s Shadow
July 5, 2024, 9:30 pm
Auschwitz cellist meets the son of Rudolf Höss in brave new film
The Commandant's Shadow dares to show the real story behind Jonathan Glazer's 'Zone of Interest'
By Brigit Grant
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Dr Martin Stern give evidence on Wednesday in the House of Commons
January 24, 2024, 11:31 pm
‘This is idiotic’: Holocaust survivors give evidence about proposed memorial
At a meeting of MPs on the Holocaust Memorial Bill select committee four survivors opposed to the project air their concerns alongside those of Baroness Deech and historian Sir Richard Evans
By Beatrice Sayers
The proposed memorial and an aerial view of Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster
January 24, 2024, 8:34 pm
VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Holocaust memorial is 10 years on the drawing board
MPs must heed the valid concerns of architects, a terrorism expert, the group Save Victoria Tower Gardens and four Shoah survivors, the eldest of them 98-year-old Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who have voiced their objections to current proposals for a memorial and learning centre
By Voice of the Jewish News
Conductor and composer Leo Geyer in concert
November 30, 2023, 11:09 am
Music from Auschwitz orchestras pieced together and heard for the first time
A chance conversation at the Nazi death camp in 2015 and a painstaking 'jigsaw' ever since led to this week's first airing in 80 years
By Jenni Frazer
he Duchess of Cornwall with Holocaust survivor Helen Aronson (centre) and her family, and artist Paul Benney (right) beside the portrait of Helen during an exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, of 'Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust', which were commissioned by the Prince of Wales to pay tribute to Holocaust survivors. Picture date: Monday January 24, 2022.
January 26, 2022, 11:02 pm
Revealed: Seven paintings commissioned by Prince Charles of Holocaust survivors
The heir to the throne met subjects of new artworks that will forever form part of the Royal Collection
By Justin Cohen
Prince William, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Prince Harry
January 19, 2022, 9:42 am
Holocaust survivor: Prince William ‘concerned’ with Shoah lessons, Prince Harry didn’t take it ‘seriously’
After visiting a school to teach about the Shoah, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch said: 'Harry wasn't taking it seriously - just another boring lady who comes to talk about boring things - but William is a different character altogether'
By Lee Harpin
Clara Drummond and Manfred Goldberg (credit Angel Li and BBC Studios)
January 12, 2022, 12:02 am
Prince Charles commissions artists to paint portraits of seven Shoah survivors
The project will be the subject of an hour-long programme on the BBC to be will be aired on Holocaust Memorial Day this month.
By Jewish News
Cellist Raphael Wallfisch performs during during a moment of remembrance for the victims of National Socialism at the German Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 31 January 2018. Photo: Maurizio Gambarini/dpa
February 17, 2021, 1:32 pm
Survivor’s son performs concert to stop Westminster Holocaust memorial
Cellist son of Auschwitz survivor performed to raise money for the campaign group aiming to stop memorial being erected beside Parliament.
By Adam Decker
Holocaust survivors featured in Matt Writtle's book, Portraits for Posterity, which is published on 16 November
November 13, 2020, 11:47 am
Faces of survival
Photographer Matt Writtle commemorates 101 Holocaust survivors in his new book, Portraits For Posterity
By Francine Wolfisz
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (Photo credit: Handout/PA Wire)
April 15, 2020, 4:55 pm
How a cello saved my life in the camps
In the week marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, one former prisoner tells of how she survived 
Britain's Prince Charles speaks during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Israel, 23 January 2020. The event marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz under the title 'Remembering the Holocaust: Fighting Antisemitism' is held to preserve the memory of the Holocaust atrocities by Nazi Germany during World War II. Photo by: Yonatan Sindel-JINIPIX
January 23, 2020, 4:40 pm
Charles at Yad Vashem: Never cease to be appalled, moved, by survivor testimony
Addressing largest international event in Israel’s history, heir to the throne speaks of 'privilege' at meeting survivors, and 'pride' at grandmother being among the Righteous
By Justin Cohen in Israel
Canon Chancellor Christopher Collingwood helped light six hundred candles at York Minster in memory of more than 6 million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis on HMD last year Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
January 5, 2020, 9:47 am
BBC to broadcast ceremony marking 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January will be themed around the phrase 'Stand Together' and will feature readings, music and testimony from survivors
By Mathilde Frot
The Last Survivors - Manfred Goldberg holding a painting of his brother. ((C) Minnow Films Ltd - Photographer: Richard Ansett)
January 18, 2019, 10:12 am
Holocaust survivors feature in BBC film exploring impact of trauma on family
Coinciding with Holocaust Memorial Day, 'The Last Survivor' reveals their personal stories and how their experiences affected them
By Jenni Frazer
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