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Holocaust Centre North

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Open to all, based at The University of Huddersfield. Telling a global history of the Holocaust through local stories from the North of England. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk

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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Calling all teachers and educators! Join us for our teacher CPD Day, a full day of expert talks, practical workshops and discussion, exploring effective approaches to teaching the Holocaust, tackling prejudice and discrimination, and helping young people think critically about the world around them.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join us on 1st October for the launch of Between Life and Death: Stories of Rescue during the Holocaust. We will be joined by Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines, who survived the Holocaust after being rescued by Nicolas Winton, who will share her story. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/events/
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wishing everyone observing a peaceful and reflective Yom Kippur. 📷 A page from a prayer book belonging to Iby Knill. Holocaust Centre North Archive, with kind permission of the family of Iby Knill - Chris Knill & Pauline Kinch.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#OnThisDay in 1945, the Belsen Trial began in Germany. 44 former SS men, SS women and kapos who had served at Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz were put on trial for crimes committed in the camps. The trial lasted 54 days. 18 defendants were found guilty, with 11 sentenced to death. 📸 IWM
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join us on 1st October for the launch of Between Life and Death: Stories of Rescue during the Holocaust, an international exhibition presented by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity. Book your place now: holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/events/
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The books from our previous Memorial Gestures residents are waiting to be discovered by new readers! 📚 Conversation Time by Rey Conquer, Translator-in-residence 📚 Klutz by Tom Hastings, Writer-in-residence Also check out Poetry after Auschwitz, written by our former chair Ben Barkow.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wishing a happy New Year to all those celebrating Rosh Hashanah🍯 Looking for something to make for tonight? Check out this Honey slices recipe from Rosl Schatzberger’s 1935 edition of Olga and Adolf Hess’ “Wiener Küche”. 📷 Holocaust Centre North Archive, courtesy of Lesley Schatzberger and family.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Find us on Waterstones and Foyles! Our Memorial Gestures residency publications will be available to buy on the Waterstones and Foyles websites. Conversation Time (2025) by Rey Conquer Klutz (2025) by Tom Hastings Poetry After Auschwitz (2024) by Ben Barkow 📖 Add the books to your wish list now!
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Last month, we were delighted to welcome Mark Sewards MP to Holocaust Centre North. Mark explored our archives and exhibition and heard about our free learning programme, which uses the experiences of survivors and refugees to help students understand the Holocaust.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
How are you spending your bank holiday? 🏖️ We love this photograph of a young Rudi Leavour playing at the beach at Baltic coast in 1931. From beach days to family gatherings, photographs like this capture the everyday experiences that help us connect with the people behind the history.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Join us at @eurekamuseum Halifax to learn about our learning programme and what's on offer for schools at other local museums. Teachers enter free. 🕓 Saturday 19th September, 10am-1pm 📍Eureka! The National Children's Museum, Halifax #SchoolTrips #WestYorkshire #Kirklees
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
How do we preserve the memories, people and stories that make up our family history? Join AJR’s six-week online course, led by author Nick Barlay, to explore how writing can bring family stories and memories to life. For more information, email nextgens@ajr.org.uk. @jewishrefugeesajr
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We are excited to share some photos from the first couple of months of our fourth Memorial Gestures residency programme. Sessions introduced artists to Holocaust Historiography, oral testimony methodologies, and ethical questions surrounding Holocaust commemoration and education.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
📢 We are recruiting a Learning and Events Officer at Holocaust Centre North. 📩 Find out more via our website. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/about/opport... 📅 Deadline: 10th August 2026 📷 Alex Beldea
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Our permanent exhibition, Through Our Eyes, tells the story of 16 Holocaust survivors through their stories, objects and words. To find out more, visit us during the summer holidays to explore these stories: 🕓 Open Monday - Thursday, 10am until 5pm 📷 Charlotte Graham Photography
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
📢 We are recruiting a Learning and Events Officer at Holocaust Centre North. 📩 Find out more via our website. Link in bio. 📅 Deadline: 10th August 2026 📷 Alex Beldea
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#OnThisDay in 1934, President Paul von Hindenburg died at the age of 87. Following his death, Adolf Hitler merged the offices of Chancellor and President, declaring himself Führer and removing any remaining legal or constitutional limits on his authority. 📷 USHMM
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#OnThisDay in 1944 the ‘Gypsy Family Camp’ at Auschwitz-Birkenau is liquidated. Around 1,400 Roma and Sinti were sent to Buchenwald and the remaining 2,897 inmates, mainly the elderly, women and children, were sent to the gas chambers at Birkenau.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Curious about local hidden histories? Visit us this summer holiday to explore the powerful personal journeys of Holocaust survivors and refugees who found new homes in the North of England. Free to visit: 🕓 Open Monday - Thursday, 10am until 5pm 📍 Located at the University of Huddersfield
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We are thrilled to announce the current cohort of artists for our 4th edition of Memorial Gestures: Jo Clement, Martyna Puciato, Dayanny So, Delilah Sykes & Sally Whetherall! The cohort started their residencies in May and will be working with us for the remainder of the year.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
How do individual stories help us understand global history? This summer, visit Through Our Eyes, our permanent exhibition, and discover the global impact of the Holocaust through the stories of 16 survivors and refugees who made new lives in the North of England. 📷 John Steel
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
📢 We are recruiting a Learning and Events Officer at Holocaust Centre North. 📩 Find out more via holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/about/opport... 📅 Deadline: 10th August 2026 📷 Alex Beldea
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
To everyone observing Tisha B'Av today, we are thinking of you as you mark this day of remembrance.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
📢 We are recruiting a Learning and Events Officer at Holocaust Centre North. 📩 Find out more via holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/about/opport... 📅 Deadline: 10th August 2026 📷 Alex Beldea
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
At Holocaust Centre North, we believe every young person should have access to high-quality Holocaust education. That's why we're delighted to announce that our learning programme is now FREE for all schools and colleges for the 2026/2027 academic year. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/learning/
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
📢 We are recruiting a Learning and Events Officer at Holocaust Centre North. 📩 Find out more via holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/about/opport... 📅 Deadline: 10th August 2026 📷 Alex Beldea
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
At Holocaust Centre North, we believe every young person should have access to high-quality Holocaust education. That's why we're delighted to announce that our learning programme is now FREE for all schools and colleges for the 2026/2027 academic year. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/learning/
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
#OnThisDay in 1995 the genocide at Srebrenica in Bosnia. More than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were killed, and thousands of women were sexually assaulted. The genocide in Bosnia was the worst massacre on European soil since the Holocaust. 📷 International Committee of the Red Cross
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
At Holocaust Centre North, we believe every young person should have access to high-quality Holocaust education. That's why we're delighted to announce that our learning programme is now FREE for all schools and colleges for the 2026/2027 academic year. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/learning/
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
At Holocaust Centre North, we believe every young person should have access to high-quality Holocaust education. That's why we're delighted to announce that our learning programme is now FREE for all schools and colleges for the 2026/2027 academic year. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/learning/
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
At Holocaust Centre North, we believe every young person should have access to high-quality Holocaust education. That's why we're delighted to announce that our learning programme is now FREE for all schools and colleges for the 2026/2027 academic year. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/learning/
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
At Holocaust Centre North, we believe every young person should have access to high-quality Holocaust education. That's why we're delighted to announce that our learning programme is now FREE for all schools and colleges for the 2026/2027 academic year. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/learning/
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We are proud to announce that our learning programme will be completely FREE for the 2026/2027 academic year! 🎉 Find out more and book your place today. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/learning/
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Our permanent exhibition, Through Our Eyes, tells the story of 16 Holocaust survivors through their stories, objects and words. To find out more, visit us to explore these stories: 🕓 Open Monday - Thursday, 10am until 5pm 📍 Swann Building, University of Huddersfield 📷 Charlotte Graham Photography
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Today is Genocide Remembrance Day in Namibia, commemorating the estimated 75,000 Ovaherero and Nama people killed by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908. To find out more about the Centre of Archeology's work in Namibia, visit us to see their temporary exhibition which closes on 8th June.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📢 We are recruiting an Archivist at Holocaust Centre North. 📩 Find out more via holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/about/opport... 📅 Deadline: Sunday 31 May 2026. 📸 Our volunteer Ruth repackaging a collection of photographs from Holocaust Centre North Archive, courtesy of the Kubie family.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Wishing a blessed Eid al-Adha to all our supporters who are celebrating 🌙
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Wishing everyone who celebrates a happy Shavuot! Making cheesecake for tonight? 🍰 Check out this recipe from Rosl Schatzberger’s 1935 edition of Olga and Adolf Hess’ “Wiener Küche”. 📷 Holocaust Centre North Archive, courtesy of Lesley Schatzberger and family.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The Centre will be closed tomorrow. We look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday 19th May, at 10am.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tune into @allfmradio to listen to our Head of Communities, Dr El Stannage chat with #OutInTheCity, a social/support group for over 50's LGBT+ in Manchester. Link in below ⬇️ www.mixcloud.com/allfm969/out...
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Join us next week for a talk by our Head of Learning, Hannah Randall, and British bank note collector and collection donor, Andy Taylor. To reserve your space, visit our website: holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/.../operatio... 📷 Holocaust Centre North Archive, Courtesy of Andy, Nora & Gordon Taylor
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Join us next week for a talk by our Head of Learning, Hannah Randall, and British bank note collector and collection donor, Andy Taylor. To reserve your space, visit our website: holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/events/opera... 📷 Holocaust Centre North Archive, Courtesy of Andy, Nora & Gordon Taylor
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Jean Hersh, the wife of Arek Hersh MBE. Jean was not only a loving wife of Arek, but also a powerhouse in Holocaust education. We send our heartfelt condolences to all who knew and loved her. 📷 Julie Najim
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📢 We are recruiting an Archivist at Holocaust Centre North. Find out more at holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/about/opport... and apply by Sunday 31 May 2026. 📸 A volunteer repackaging a collection of photographs from Holocaust Centre North Archive, courtesy of the Kubie family.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Today is VE Day. Across the world, people filled the streets in celebration. These flags from our collection belonged to the Kubie family who fled Czechoslovakia to escape Nazi persecution, and flew these flags during the celebration of the end of the war. #VEday #WW2
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Do you run a #Scouts or #Explorers group? Take over Holocaust Centre North for the day and explore our exhibition, discover how archives are protected, design your own exhibition and more. 📧 Email hcn@hud.ac.uk to secure your place #WeAreYouthUnited #YouthUnitedFoundation #HeritageYouthPartnerhsip
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
We’ve been reflecting on our community programme - the conversations we’ve shared, the art we’ve created, and the stories we’ve heard. From Holocaust remembrance to seeking asylum today, these sessions have been about connection, understanding, and hope. Follow us to find out how to get involved.
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's not too late to see the temporary exhibition from the Centre of Archaeology, presenting the results of archaeological investigations into historical heritage sites of the Nama and Ovaherero people in present-day Namibia. 📍 Holocaust Centre North 🕙 10am - 5pm, Monday - Thursday
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Do you run a #Scouts or #Explorers group? Take over Holocaust Centre North for the day and explore our exhibition, discover how archives are protected, design your own exhibition and more. 📧 Email hcn@hud.ac.uk to secure your place #WeAreYouthUnited #YouthUnitedFoundation #HeritageYouthPartnerhsip
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