On 27th January 2023, some 130 invited guests joined St. Anne’s Synagogue for the Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration.
Remembering the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi Persecution and in more recent genocides.
We were honoured by local dignitaries including :
Two local MP’s, Mayors and Mayoresses of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre, The High Sheriff of Lancashire, Chief Executives and Leaders of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Councils. Members of Lancashire Constabulary.
Our Guest Speaker was a 2nd generation Holocaust survivor, Leah Burman
THANK YOU for the expertise and help generously donated in making a video of the whole event to :
| Brian Hurst Producer, Brian David Films |
Click on the following link to watch the whole service :
https://vimeo.com/793811992
The access password is 2468.
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< From The Blackpool Gazette >
Holocaust Memorial Day held at St Anne’s Synagogue
St Anne’s Hebrew Congregation has commemorated those lost in the Second World War Holocaust atrocity at the first in-person Holocaust Memorial Day Service there in three years.
By Emma DowneyHeld yesterday at the synagogue on Orchard Road, this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme was Ordinary People and involved several Fylde coast schools.
Founder of the Northern Holocaust Education Group Leah Burman – a second generation survivor of the Holocaust, with both her parents having been born in Poland, was the guest speaker The theme this year is Ordinary People.
THANK YOU for the expertise and help generously donated in making a video of the whole event to :
| Brian Hurst Producer, Brian David Films |
Click on the following link to watch the whole service :
https://vimeo.com/793811992
The access password is 2468.
It can be shared, watched or downloaded. You will find a download button underneath the video window. Please note that whilst it can be downloaded to any computer or laptop, it cannot be downloaded to a mobile device or tablet etc.
Friday 27 January marked Holocaust Memorial Day 2023, a time to remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution, and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
The Mayor and Mayoress of Fylde were amongst those who gathered at St Annes Synagogue with representatives from the Northern Holocaust Education Group to pay their respects.
We are blessed that so many attended this vitally important day
We are not. Jewish, but this date is in our calendar to commemorate each year
I. (. Norma. ) read the. “. Diary of. Anne. Franks “ when. I was about 5 yrs old. It changed my life forever
My father was imprisoned in concentration camp for 5 yrs ,escaping 3 times ,very lucky to be alive ,did the route march at the end off the war in Wellington, His camp was in Poland Terunge