An inter-generational conversation on remembrance and memorialisation of the Jewish Holocaust (2024)

This is a recording of an event that was held at Tower Hamlets Local History Library on Wednesday 24 January 2024, 6.00-7.30pm. It was one of five events programmed by Tower Hamlets Council to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in 2024. The other events included two film screenings organised by UK Jewish Film, a guided walk, and an interfaith event.
The original description of the event follows.
How do Jews of different generations commemorate the Holocaust today? How effective are national memorialisation initiatives in the UK and Europe? In the decades that followed World War Two, what was the response of the East End’s Jewish community to the genocide? Can Holocaust remembrance ever be non-political? Join Barnaby Raine, David Rosenberg and Nadia Valman as they discuss these questions and more, from a personal, national and local perspective.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to ill health, Professor Nadia Valman was unable to speak at this event.