To mark 85 years since the Annexation of Austria, we will reflect on how, through family stories, this event has been transmitted to the Second and Third Generations. How have you been affected by what you have been told or have learned or uncovered about the silence and what lay behind it? A chance for members of the Second and Third Generations to share their thoughts and experiences. The Discussion Group meetings are for members of the Second and Third Generations. Numbers are limited and Network Members will be given priority.
A Zoom link will be provided. Start time: 6.20pm for 6.30pm GMT to give everyone time to set up and check their Zoom connection. If you would like to attend please
email: davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk
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Tuesday 21 February – Rescuers: Who is a ‘rescuer’? Did someone assist in the survival of your Parents and Grandparents?
Network member Naomi Levy will return to speak about her ongoing research into her family’s War Stories and the rescuers she has unexpectedly uncovered so far. Network member Elaine Sinclair will introduce the presentation outlining what she knows about the people and organisations who played a part in rescuing members of her family. After the presentation there will be a chance to share your own family stories, and ask questions.
The registration link will follow. Start time: 6.20pm for 6.30pm GMT to give everyone time to set up and check their Zoom connection.
Thursday 26th April – Professor Mary Fulbrook – Bystanders
Please note the rescheduled date. Professor Mary Fulbrook will return to speak to the Network about her research into bystanding, complicity and perpetration under Nazi rule, exploring the transformation of German society in the 1930s and during the war. Network Member Naomi Levy will introduce and chair this event.
Start time 6.30pm BST.
Booking details to follow.
Tuesday 1st March – Discussion Group Meeting: Missing Memorials
Have you visited a site in Nazi-occupied Europe where a relative experienced persecution, death or deporation, only to find little or no trace of the original buildings and no memorial or plaque recording the history?
By way of introduction to this group discussion, Third Generation Network Member Gabor Csanyi will share his experience of visiting the site of a slave labour camp in Austria where his grandmother was imprisoned, and the difficulty finding any traces of the site’s history.
This meeting, open to Members of the Second and Third Generations, is a chance to share our stories of similar experiences. 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.
POSTPONED – The Lost Café Schindler
In conversation with Network Member Tania Barnett, Meriel Schindler will speak about her book, The Lost Café Schindler, describing her Holocaust heritage, how she researched and wrote up her family history, and arranged the publication of her book. Meriel will also share how the process of writing and researching has affected her relationship with her Holocaust inheritance and sense of Second Generation identity. The conversation will be followed by a Q + A. Booking details to follow.
Tuesday 11 May – Discussion Group meeting: Curating our Archives
Many of us have inherited/discovered caches of letters and documents, often in illegible handwriting and unknown languages, and sepia photographs of unknown people/relatives. What can we do with these precious legacies of the Holocaust? A chance to share your own experiences, tips and suggestions for how to look after fragile old documents and other traces of the past that have survived and are now our responsibility, and the many ways these personal archives can be used. A discussion group meeting for Members of the Second and Third Generations. Start time 6.15 for 6.30pm BST 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.