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School pupils take part in this year's Holocaust Memorial Day.
"We hear the stories but today it feels so real."Hundreds of school pupils have taken part in this year's Holocaust Memorial Day.
Posted by STV News on Monday, January 28, 2019
A group of 20 sixth year pupils attended a National Holocaust Memorial Day event yesterday at Eastwood theatre and the Head boy John Lynch and Head Girl Francesca Crilley attended a similar evening event.
The event included A “Gathering the Voices” exhibition https://www.gatheringthevoices.com/ and keynote speeches from ;
Cabinet Secretary Aileen Campbell; Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government,
Martin Stern – a Holocaust survivor,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/27/holocaust-memorial-day-martin-stern)
‘Children of Survivors’ a Rwandan poem
Farida Abbas Khalaf – Farida is a Yazidi survivor of ISIS enslavement and genocide in Northern Iraq,
https://j4c2018.org/en/speaker/farida-abbas-khalaf/
The event included music provided by East Renfrewshire’s School’s String Octet and a performance by Paisley Grammar Celtic Ensemble
