Category: People’s Stories

How a Jewish Scots Guard negotiated with Eichmann to bring a school to Leeds

Written by Michael Sharp
June 8, 2023

Our mission at the Holocaust Centre North is to tell global histories through local stories. One almost forgotten local story is that of the ORT school in Leeds. The story begins in Berlin in 1937. … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures – Laura Fisher

Written by Laura Fisher
February 9, 2023

Hello, I’m Laura Fisher! I am honored to have been chosen to create artistic responses to the archive at Holocaust Centre North through the Memorial Gestures artist’s residency, and I’m excited to introduce myself to … Keep reading

LIFE EXPERIENECES: SYRIA

Written by Ogochukwu Okpoko
December 4, 2022

This week we have a takeover by three University of Huddersfield students who recently interviewed other students from Rwanda, Syria and Nigeria about their experiences of war, displacement and genocide. All those interviewed currently live in Huddersfield. Keep reading

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Category: People’s Stories

How a Jewish Scots Guard negotiated with Eichmann to bring a school to Leeds

Memorial Gestures – Laura Fisher

LIFE EXPERIENECES: SYRIA