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Yahoo
08-05-2025
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Pupils design candleholder for Holocaust survivor
Students have designed a candleholder in memory of a Holocaust survivor who dedicated his life to education. Frank Bright, who was spared the gas chambers in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz as a teenager, worked regularly with Northgate High School in Ipswich until his death in 2023. The candleholder will be part of a national exhibition to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of World War Two. Macey, 14, who was one of the pupils involved in the project, said: "It just shows you how much history [Frank] held, even as a single individual person." Northgate High School is regular participant of the annual Dora Love Prize, a holocaust education programme. As part of the programme students develop a creative project that links to what they have learnt about the holocaust, which they present at a showcase event in June. The title for this year's prize was: "Time to stand up against a renewed wave of hate and exclusion." Year 9 pupils from the school designed a candleholder that commemorated the story of Mr Bright and his classmates, which has been chosen by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust as part of its 80 Candles tour. Mr Bright used his 1942 class photo as a teaching tool, researching what happened to each of the children pictured alongside him. In one of the many educational videos he participated in, Mr Bright explained his motivation to teach children about the holocaust. "Well since I had the means and the energy to do, I felt I ought to bring them back into memory. "Otherwise, like all the rest, they disappeared in oblivion," he said. Speaking at the event at Northgate High School to unveil the candleholder, Liz Harsant, the chair of Suffolk County Council, said: "I was born during the war and I remember very well Auschwitz and the horrible things that we had to witness. "I married into a Jewish family, so I am much aware of the hatred that goes on, discrimination is still here and we don't seem to be able to get rid of it. "I think more people should come to see this exhibition and to learn from how the students' articulated it." Adam Nickels, the head of outreach at the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, said: "We love the fact that the holocaust survivor who inspired their candleholder, Frank Bright, used to visit the school and whom the pupils wished to commemorate for his contribution to their understanding of the holocaust. "The carvings in the oak are beautifully created with messages of hope and commitment while commemorating Frank, his family and school friends." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Holocaust prize founder warns of rising hatred Communities remember millions killed in Holocaust Holocaust and Auschwitz survivor dies aged 94 The Dora Love Prize Northgate High School Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
BBC News
08-05-2025
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Ipswich students design candleholder for late holocaust survivor
Students have designed a candleholder in memory of a Holocaust survivor who dedicated his life to Bright, who was spared the gas chambers in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz as a teenager, worked regularly with Northgate High School in Ipswich until his death in candleholder will be part of a national exhibition to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of World War 14, who was one of the pupils involved in the project, said: "It just shows you how much history [Frank] held, even as a single individual person." Northgate High School is regular participant of the annual Dora Love Prize, a holocaust education part of the programme students develop a creative project that links to what they have learnt about the holocaust, which they present at a showcase event in title for this year's prize was: "Time to stand up against a renewed wave of hate and exclusion."Year 9 pupils from the school designed a candleholder that commemorated the story of Mr Bright and his classmates, which has been chosen by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust as part of its 80 Candles tour. Mr Bright used his 1942 class photo as a teaching tool, researching what happened to each of the children pictured alongside one of the many educational videos he participated in, Mr Bright explained his motivation to teach children about the holocaust. "Well since I had the means and the energy to do, I felt I ought to bring them back into memory. "Otherwise, like all the rest, they disappeared in oblivion," he said. Speaking at the event at Northgate High School to unveil the candleholder, Liz Harsant, the chair of Suffolk County Council, said: "I was born during the war and I remember very well Auschwitz and the horrible things that we had to witness. "I married into a Jewish family, so I am much aware of the hatred that goes on, discrimination is still here and we don't seem to be able to get rid of it. "I think more people should come to see this exhibition and to learn from how the students' articulated it."Adam Nickels, the head of outreach at the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, said: "We love the fact that the holocaust survivor who inspired their candleholder, Frank Bright, used to visit the school and whom the pupils wished to commemorate for his contribution to their understanding of the holocaust. "The carvings in the oak are beautifully created with messages of hope and commitment while commemorating Frank, his family and school friends." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
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30-01-2025
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Holocaust education prize founder warns of rising hatred
The founder of an anti-discrimination programme for schools says he fears hatred and prejudice are on the Rainer Schulze runs the Dora Love Prize, named after a Jewish Holocaust survivor who worked to promote tolerance and 2025 prize has seven schools from Suffolk taking part, along with seven in Essex, one in Kent, five in Dorset and one in Schulze said: "Seeing those young people today gave me the confidence that maybe not all is lost, that they are equally passionate about preserving freedoms for everyone." A launch event was held at the University of Suffolk in Ipswich following Monday's Holocaust Remembrance Day, and similar events have taken place in Colchester and Dora Love Prize is awarded to students who develop projects which "link what they have learnt about the Holocaust with the world they live in today".About 100 youngsters from Suffolk took part with workshops, presentations and a panel discussion covering the Holocaust, other genocides and current political challenges in Britain and Schulze, who has been running the prize for 13 years, said he was genuinely worried about events in the US."The vilification and demonisation of certain groups - I'm afraid it will actually come to Europe as well and probably come to Britain first, " he said. Following the launch events, students develop their own creative projects based on the title "Time to stand up against a renewed wave of hate and exclusion".They then present their work at a showcase event in Isla and Dayah are 14-year-olds from Debenham High School who took part in a workshop looking at Holocaust perpetrators which was called Ordinary People - Extraordinary said: "It was normalised, that people can commit genocide without being questioned. Isla added: "People in the photographs aren't hiding their faces; it wasn't something they were ashamed of - they were proud of said : "I think it's very important to learn about the mistakes that we made in the past."Looking back in history, for example at these photos, we should learn from what happened back then and we should not be afraid to talk about it." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
