Events

As part of our series of events on ‘Writing the Holocaust’, we will hear from: Second Generation Network Member Esther Saraga – Berlin to London: An Emotional History of Two Refugees, fellow member of the Second Generation, Debra Barnes – The Young Survivors, and journalist and author Jack Fairweather – The Volunteer. Esther and Debra will share their experiences of working with and shaping their family material and history into narrative form, and Jack will explain how he carried out historical research and reconstructed the story. Their presentations will be followed by a Q+A session, giving you the opportunity to share your own experiences of writing and researching your family’s Holocaust history.

Start time 6.15pm for 6.30pm to give people time to set up and check their Zoom connection. Details of the eventbrite link will be included in the events email sent to Members. If you are not in receipt of these emails and would like to join the Network or to attend the event as a guest of the Network, please email davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk.

These commemorative ‘stumbling’ stones are one way to honour the memory of relatives persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime but they can raise complex issues. What are your thoughts and experiences? Network committee member Gina Burgess Winning will provide a short introduction to the topic outlining her experience of arranging for the laying of 20 Stolpersteine in the past ten years. An informal discussion group that provides an opportunity for members of the Second and Third Generations to share their views. Start time 6.15pm for 6.30pm to give people time to set up and check their Zoom connection. Numbers will be limited to 20. A Zoom link will be provided. To receive your Zoom invitation, please email davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk 

Long-standing Network Member Vera Bernstein, now also a member of Generation 2 Generation, will share her family’s Holocaust history. Her presentation was part of G2G’s Holocaust Education programme  (www.generation2generation.org.uk). Vera will answer questions on her own experience of providing Holocaust Education as a member of the Second Generation. Start time 6.30pm. To register your interest, please email  lesleyurbach@secondgeneration.org.uk

To mark 80 years since the Internment of German and Austrian Jewish refugees in the UK, including many of our relatives, Network Committee Member Lesley Urbach will provide an introduction to this Discussion Group topic, highlighting its relevance for members of the Second and Third Generations and echoes in today’s world. A chance to share your own family’s experiences and your own thoughts on this topic. . A chance to share your family’s experiences and your own thoughts on this subject. Start time 6.30pm. Numbers will be limited to 20. A Zoom link will be provided. To receive your Zoom invitation, please email lesleyurbach@secondgeneration.org.uk

Following the unfortunate postponement of the very popular writing workshop, we are delighted that Second Generation author and novelist Nick Barlay has agreed to provide a presentation/masterclass on his own experience of writing about his Holocaust heritage in Scattered Ghosts, and share tips on how to shape our own material and family narratives. The talk will be followed by a Q&A.  Start time 6.30pm. A Zoom link will be provided. To register your interest, please email anitagrosz@secondgeneration.org.uk

The prize-winning poet and translator will talk about his experience as a member of the Second Generation, his parents’ background in the camps, coming to the UK as a refugee from Hungary in 1956 and the creative process. His talk will be illustrated by readings from his most recent publications Mapping the Delta (2016, PBS Choice for poetry) and The Photographer at Sixteen (2019, a prose memoir of his mother), winner of East Anglian Book award for Biography and Memoir, currently long-listed for the Wingate Prize and one of the TLS’s Books of the Year. The talk will be followed by a Q&A. Start time 6.30pm A Zoom link will be provided. To register your interest, please email davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk