Events

Book talk with Network member Nicola Hanefeld and her cousin Julia Waring. In-person event in London in conjunction with the Wiener Holocaust Library also via Zoom. Details here.

What do we know about the lives of our relatives in those first years at the end of the War, after they had somehow survived the Shoah? Did they share or leave traces of their experiences or have we had to uncover what we can for ourselves? What provision was made for the survivors, where? What difficulties did they face? We will hear from three members of the Second Generation who will share what they were told and have found out: 
– Jordan Rapaport will speak about his father’s experiences in Blankensee (hospital Kinderhaus) in Germany and in Atlit ‘detention’ camp in Mandatory Palestine.
– Naomi Levy will speak about her research into her mother and grandmother’s experiences in post war Slovakia, Czechoslovakia and a child Holocaust survivors’ home in France.
– Elaine Sinclair will read extracts from her uncle Romek Marber’s diary about life in a DP camp in Italy and his difficulties obtaining a visa for the UK.
There will, of course, be time for your questions and to share your relatives’ post war experiences. The event will take place via Zoom. Book here: https://after_H.eventbrite.co.uk

n this Zoom event, facilitated by JAMI (Jewish Association for Mental Illness), we will be sharing our reactions to the 7th October attacks and what has happened since then. Philippa Carr and Dr Stuart Linke from JAMI will be offering advice and tips on how best to manage our feelings following the events of 7th October, rising antisemitism, and the recent terrorist attacks on Jews in Manchester and Sydney. This event is for Network members only and numbers will be limited. If you would like to join, please contact: davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk

Researching traumatic Holocaust family history is challenging and highly demanding on emotional resources. In this Discussion Group we will explore together what can support us and what we best need to progress. Network Member Nicola Hanefeld, author of  “The Unspeakable: Breaking my Family’s Silence Surrounding the Holocaust” will give a brief introduction based on her experience.Then there will be space for attendees’ thoughts and feelings on this topic. Please note that our Discussion Group events are for Network Members only. To reserve your place, please email davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk

Network Member John Wohlgemuth talks to historian and psychoanalyst  Daniel Pick , the author of “The Pursuit of the the Nazi Mind “ and “Brainwashed“, about the early explorers of mass psychology, the  factors that can contribute to the adoption of extreme ideologies, and the dissemination of paranoid conspiracy theories.  Daniel will be drawing on his work to shed light on the contemporary world. There will be time for Q & A and also an opportunity for participants to make their own observations.  Booking Details to follow.

The composer Michael Zev Gordon talks about his new composition ‘A Kind of Haunting‘ – a collaboration with the scholar Marianne Hirsch and poet Jacqueline Saphra. In it, he tells his own personal story about growing up with family silence around the Holocaust, and how, only many years later, he discovered what happened to his grandfather in Poland in 1941. In words and music, the piece reflects on how the Second and Third Generations inherit not only what those who survived remember, but also what they suppress. Michael will talk about how music and the arts can help shine light on these issues and the feelings they engender.  You can now book on https://music-words-Holocaust.eventbrite.co.uk