As part of our Using Your Voice series of events, Kind Lord Dubs will speak to the Network, along with members of the Second Generation, Merilyn Moos and Miriam E David, about the many ways the Second Generation have used their own voices. Introduced and chaired by Network member Simon Steyne, Lord Dubs will draw parallels between his own experiences and those of today’s refugees, and introduce Merilyn and Miriam who edited Debating the Zeitgeist and Being Second Generation. Lord Dubs wrote the Preface to Debating the Zeitgeist, which will be published this autumn. It comprises accounts by 12 British-born children of refugees from Nazism influenced by their parents’ experiences who describe how they have used their voices to campaign and advocate for greater social justice and equality, including for current refugees. There will be a Q&A session and an opportunity to share your experience of how your Holocaust heritage has prompted you to use your voice. Start time 6.20pm for 6.30pm GMT to give everyone time to set up and check their Zoom connection. Full details and a Zoom link will be provided. For tickets please go to: 2gn-david-moos-dubs.eventbrite.co.uk.
If any member would like to buy the book at a discounted price, an order form is now available within the Eventbrite link above.
Tuesday 16th November – A Wounded Landscape: Bearing Witness to the Holocaust
Author and photographer, Marc Wilson, in conversation with Ben Barkow, former Director of the Wiener Holocaust Library, will talk about his project to photograph Holocaust sites across Nazi-occupied Europe. Based around 22 Holocaust survivor stories (including Second and Third Generation) 370 photographs are presented in his book to be published in September.
As a member of the Fourth Generation, Marc reflects: ‘Twenty-one former strangers (but now friends) learning more about my own family, where it fits in to both the work and the history and of course in my life. How do you include such personal history in a wider body of work such as this? How do you not become so consumed that it blinds you to the making of the work, to remain calm but passionate, quiet but screaming, clear-eyed but filled with tears.’
Marc will describe his approach to his work and its impact upon him. There will be a Q&A following the talk. Start time 6.20pm for 6.30pm GMT to give everyone time to set up and check their Zoom connection. To register go to: marc-wilson.eventbrite.co.uk
October 5 – November 11, 2021 – “Writing Your Family History” Writing Workshop,
This course offers a practical exploration of writing a family history and the issues raised for writers of the Second and Third Generations. Combining examples, discussion and brief writing exercises, this course aims to enable participants to discover a form most appropriate to their unique stories. Difficult questions will be raised about what is known, how it is passed on, and how to represent the living and the dead. Participants will have opportunities throughout to share ideas, raise questions and to receive constructive feedback for their projects. The sessions will be on Zoom from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and the cost is £60 for the 6 weeks. To register please go to register on: https://2gn-writing-workshop6.eventbrite.co.uk
Tuesday 9th November – Discussion Group Meeting: Using Your Voice
In this Discussion Group meeting we will share experiences of how our Holocaust heritage has impelled or inspired us to us our own voices, in a variety of ways. This meeting, open to Members of the Second and Third Generations, is a chance to share our experiences and those within our In this Discussion Group meeting, introduced by Hannah Goldstone (3G) and Network Member Sue Smeding, we will share experiences of how our Holocaust heritage has impelled or inspired us to us our own voices, in a variety of ways. This meeting, open to Members of the Second and Third Generations, is a chance to share our experiences and those within our families. Start time 6.20pm for 6.30pm GMT to give everyone time to set up and check their Zoom connection. Numbers are limited and Network members will be given priority. If you would like to attend this meeting, please email davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk. A Zoom link will be provided.
Thursday 21st October – The new Holocaust Memorial/Walls of Names in Vienna
This is a joint event with the Second Generation Network, the Wiener Holocaust Library and the Austrian Embassy, London. H.E. Michael Zimmermann, Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, will open the event before Dr Barbara Warnock of the Wiener Holocaust Library will give an outline of what happened during the Holocaust in Austria. The main speaker Frau Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism and founding member of the Shoah Walls of Names Memorial Association, will talk about the new Memorial in Vienna, describe the official opening ceremony on 9th November 2021, and will explain how members can participate in the ceremony. There will be an opportunity for Q & A. To register: https://vienna-memorial.eventbrite.co.uk For information in English about the Memorial including the Walls of Names please go to: www.shoah-namensmauern-wien.at/en/new-information-of-the-project.
Tuesday 19th October – Second Generation Network AGM and Open Mic Entertainment
The Annual General Meeting of the Second Generation Network will take place at 6:00pm BST on Tuesday 19 October 2021. All full members of the Network are very welcome to attend, hear about what’s been happening during the past year, our plans for the future, and offer comments and suggestions. Reports and audited accounts will be presented at the meeting, and there will be an election for the committee for the coming year. Motions and proposals for the AGM must be submitted at least 14 days before the date of the AGM. Please note that only current full Members may attend.
Please register to attend at https://2gn-agm.eventbrite.co.uk. If you are unable to attend, you can nominate a proxy in writing by sending the proxy form to the Membership Secretary no later than 48 hours before the AGM.
There will also be Open Mic Entertainment between the various reports, such as poetry reading, a song, a musical interlude, dancing. Sign up and join us in the fun. Each act should last approximately three minutes. David Clark will be the MC. So, please do contact David at davidclark@secondgeneration.org.uk if you would like to take part.