Exeter remembers the Holocaust

Exeter Guildhall will play host to a free-to-enter exhibition on 27 January as part of Exeter City Council and Devon County Council's commemorations of Holocaust Memorial Day.

Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 January - remembers not only the well documented Holocaust which occurred during World War Two, but also the ongoing worldwide genocides.

The exhibition will raise awareness of these ongoing issues with readings, presentations and visual displays as well as giving those who attend the opportunity to reflect on such issues and maybe even leave a comment in the City Council's Book of Remembrance.

Every year on 27 January, the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day.

This provides an opportunity for everyone to learn lessons from the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides and apply them to the present day to create a safer, better future.

On Holocaust Memorial Day, people will share the memory of the millions who were murdered in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur in order to challenge hatred and persecution in the UK today.

Schedule:

The Guildhall, High St, Exeter

10.15 - 10.30am
Opening ceremony

10.15am - 3.30pm
Exhibition on the Holocaust and other genocides

10.30am-2.45pm
Human rights trail: a guided, reflective walk around central Exeter

3.30 - 3.45pm
Closing Ceremony

Southernhay UR Church, Southernhay East, Exeter

11am - 2.30pm
Presentations of poetry, poems, prayers and stories from students from Devon schools

11am - 2.15pm
Showings of the Film ‘Porajmos’: untold story of the Gypsy Holocaust

12.30 - 1.30pm
Public Talk: Kemal Pervanic, survivor of the Bosnian genocide

5.00 - 6.30pm
Public Talk: Leslie Kleinman, survivor from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp