Tuesday, 6th October: 6:30 – 8:00pm BST, Zoom Event: Slave Labour, a Legacy.
Dr Barbara Warnock, co-director of the Wiener Holocaust Library, will be providing an introduction to this event which focuses on slave labour during the Third Reich. Barbara will be talking about the current exhibition at the Wiener Holocaust Library: Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators and Victims. She will introduce Network Member Steve Karmeinsky who will talk about his father Rudy Kennedy’s experience as a slave labourer in Auschwitz and Mittelbau-Dora, their trip to Auschwitz in 1995 and his father’s battle for compensation which led (in part) to the founding of the Claims Conference. Book here: https://slave-labour.eventbrite.co.uk by 6:00pm at the latest on the day.
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Tuesday, 8 September 6.30-8pm: Discussion Group on the topic of Visiting the Homes of our Families
Introduced by Network Members Julia Edwards and Nicola Hanefeld. Details to follow
This event will be introduced by Network Members Julia Edwards and Nicola Hanefeld. Julia and Nicola visited the respective homes of their ancestors in Germany and Czechoslovakia. They will touch on the process of locating the homes and the emotions they experienced during their visits. Following these introductions, we look forward to Members sharing their own stories about this special trip into the past. Discussion Group Meetings are for Network Members only. To register, please email davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk
The Network’s 30th Anniversary Picnic in London – 9 August 2026
On a sunny, warm afternoon over 40 members of the Network joined together in Regent’s Park, London, to celebrate thirty years and share food from our heritage. The picnic represented all the places we came from: Germany, Austria, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, and the wider continent that shaped our families. In the end, it embodied exactly what the second generation has always represented.
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Sunday, 9th August from 12 noon: PICNIC to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Second Generation Network.
You can bring dishes to share in memory of your ancestors, and drinks as you please (no glass allowed). Don’t forget to bring something on which to sit! We will be meeting by the main Bandstand (the Holmes Green Bandstand) at Regents Park, London. We hope that this date allows Network Members, their partners/spouses, family and First, Second and Third Generation non-Members from afar to join in. Register here! Email events@secondgeneration.org.uk with any questions.
Tuesday, 14 July: 6:30-8:00pm BST: Discussion Group Meeting online on Zoom: The Legacy of Guilt
Holocaust survivors and refugees carry a heavy ancestral burden which can include guilt. In this Discussion Group, we shall focus on guilt and its effects on us. We shall explore how each of us experiences guilt and how it affects our relationships. What is the connection between guilt and a sense of personal responsibility? How does this relate to the phenomenon of ‘parenting the parent’, and in what ways? Network Member Rosette Rozenberg will open the discussion with a brief introduction to the topic.
Please register for the meeting by contacting davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk. This Open Forum event is for Network Members only.
Tuesday, 16 June, 6:30-8:00pm BST: Open Forum Discussion Group Meeting on Zoom
This will be an opportunity to briefly share your family’s story to help us get to know one another better, e.g. What is the essence of your family’s story? Which aspect of your family’s story has impacted you the most? Network Member Nicola Hanefeld will facilitate the exchanges.
Please register for the meeting by contactingdavidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk.
This Open Forum event is for Network Members only.