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The Holocaust Educational Trust works with schools, colleges and communities across the UK to educate about the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance.
Jan 25, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Today there is a debate in the House of Commons to commemorate #HMD2024. This annual debate is an opportunity for Parliamentarians from across the House to unite in remembering the victims, honouring survivors, and remembering where antisemitism can lead. Starting now, watch along here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/9a…
Jan 18, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Today is Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper BEM's 92nd birthday. Please wish this remarkable man a very happy birthday and #sendhimsomelove.

To learn more about his story, read below: Zigi was born on 18th January 1930, to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland and attended a Jewish school. When he was five years old his parents divorced, and he went to live with his father and his grandparents.
Jan 16, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
#HolocaustMemorialDay is 11 days away. How will you be commemorating it?

We have a variety of online events leading up to #HolocaustMemorialDay on the 27th January and we would love you to join us in marking the day. Check this thread for further details: We’re so excited for our event this Wednesday with Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon @nadhimzahawi MP and Professor Yehuda Bauer, one of the world’s leading academics, this event is not to be missed: het.org.uk/LMR22 ImageImage
Jan 18, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Happy birthday to Zigi Shipper who is 91 today! #SendSomeLove to him on his birthday.

Read this thread to find out more about Zigi's life... Zigi was born on 18th January 1930, to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland and attended a Jewish school. When he was five years old his parents divorced but, because they were Orthodox Jews and divorce was frowned upon, he was told that his mother had died.
Nov 9, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
We have worked with several Holocaust survivors who witnessed Kristallnacht. Below are some of their testimonies.

Ernest witnessed Kristallnacht. From his bedroom window, he could see the prayer books and Torah scrolls from the synagogue on his road being deliberately burned. Image "Life as I had known it, stopped"

Susan Oppenheimer was a Jewish teenager in Nuremberg when Kristallnacht happened. Read her account of Kristallnacht from our 70 Voices resource: 70voices.org.uk/content/day11
Nov 9, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
If you want to find out more about Kristallnacht we have a list of resources below.

Martin Winstone, the Trust's Education Officer, wrote on the origins and impact of Kristallnacht: het.org.uk/news-and-event… Teachers: we look at Kristallnacht and its aftermath through the words of its victims in our Nazi Persecution of Jews in Germany lesson, available free as part of our Exploring the Holocaust scheme of work: het.org.uk/exploring-the-…
Nov 9, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
82 years ago #OnThisDay the #Kristallnacht pogrom took place. Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues were attacked across Germany and Austria and in areas of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops throughout the night of the 9-10 November. Hundreds of synagogues and Jewish institutions were attacked and destroyed. SA and Hitler Youth members shattered the shop windows of an estimated 7,500 Jewish-owned commercial establishments and looted them. Cemeteries became a particular object of desecration in many regions.
Nov 7, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
We are deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Rabbi Lord Sacks z"l. Image Karen Pollock CBE, Chief Executive, Holocaust Educational Trust said:

“It is hard to put into words the loss of Rabbi Lord Sacks – an indomitable titan of the Jewish community.
Feb 14, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
This evening 36 teachers from across the UK and the Channel Islands will be joining us for the start of our Exploring the Holocaust: UK residential #TeacherCPD course. We’ve got a brilliant programme planned... ...with sessions from our Education Officers, Ben, Cat and Jess, and our Senior Historical Advisor Martin and a variety of expert speakers who are experts in different aspects of the Holocaust. We’ll discuss...