Events

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.

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.

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.

In this Discussion Group meeting we will explore what the notion of ‘home’ means to us. Whether or not we feel a connection to any particular country, given the history of so many of our ancestors having been forced out of their homes and countries. Are we living with a different sense of our ‘roots’, having such a long history of being up uprooted? How is experiencing ourselves so often as being the ‘outsider’ connected to this? This issue is of course also relevant for many people in the world that are being displaced or are having to leave their homes because of climate change. 
Network committee members Ido van der Heijden and Brian Fine will provide an introduction to this topic. 
*The Network’s Discussion Groups are for Network Members only.*
Email to register: idovanderheijden@secondgeneration.org.uk

Network member Jackie Kohnstamm will give an illustrated talk about her recent trip to Miedzyrzecz in western Poland where she took part in the inauguration of a new Jewish museum. She will talk about her family connection to the locality, her grandfather having grown up in nearby Trzciel, and also share what she learnt about life in this German-Polish border area with numerous Jewish communities. After the presentation there will be a chance for you to share your experiences of visiting places in Poland where relatives once lived and of other local initiatives being taken. The event will take place via Zoom, starting at 6.30pm BST. 

Please register here: https://heritage_poland.eventbrite.co.uk