Last Wednesday we were honoured to receive a visit and talk by Tim Locke who shared with his family’s story. The visit was organised by Richard through the charity Generation 2 Generation who enable speakers to tell their family Holocaust stories using eye-witness survivor testimony in an age appropriate way, keeping the memory and lessons of this period of our history alive.
Tim shared with us how his mother Ruth and uncle Raimund survived the Holocaust by travelling to England on the kindertransport in 1939 and were taken in by a family that his grandmother Vera had met while studying. You can read more about Tim’s family story on his blog here: ephraimneumeyer.wordpress.com
It was an incredibly moving experience. Staff and students were struck by how the Nazi’s oppressed not only Jewish people but other minority groups in at first small ways which built and built to the eventual genocide. We were also struck by his story of the many acts of kindness by strangers who helped the family access food, shelter and ultimately saved the lived of Tim’s parents.
Donation to support the wonderful work of Generation 2 Generation would be gratefully received. www.generation2generation.org.uk/donate/
