Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture
Tue, 19 Jan 2016 10:51:00 GMT
6 million+ Charitable Trust offers a programme of education, creative arts and live events exploring the connections between the Holocaust and the experience of persecuted minorities in the world today.
A programme of presentations, performances, exhibitions and film hosted by 6 million+ Trust in partnership with the University of Huddersfield takes place until Thursday 28 January and everyone is invited to take part.
The national theme for 2016 – Don’t Stand By – focuses on the contemporary relevance of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides, and considers our individual responsibilities not to be bystanders to hate crime and prejudice, nor to international threats of genocide.
Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture
On Thursday 28 January Lilian Black will be speaking at the Holocaust Memorial Day lecture which will take place from 6.00pm to 7.00pm in the West Building Lecture Theatre.
Lilian is the daughter of camp survivor Eugene Black and Chair of the Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association. She will speak about her father’s experience in the camps and how he made a life for himself in this country.
Tickets for this lecture are free and can be booked on Eventbrite: Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture
Eugene Black
Eugene Black (pictured right) was born in Czechoslovakia in 1928. In November 1938 the area where Eugene's family lived was given back to Hungary. On 19 March 1944 German forces occupied Hungary completely. Eugene and his family were transported to Auschwitz Birkenau. He remained at Auschwitz Birkenau for around ten days before being selected for slave labour. He was eventually sent to Bergen Belsen and was finally liberated on 15 April 1945 by the British army.
Eugene now lives in Leeds, and speaks widely about his experiences in schools, prisons and numerous community organisations. His daughter Lilian will talk about his experiences on Thursday 28 January.
