Holocaust Memorial Day is on January 27th. This date marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, in 1945.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023, a display has been made in both schools with plenty of factual information, as well as stories, in order to remember the 6 million innocent Jewish people who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. We also remember those who survived to live with these horrible memories – and bravely share them.
Some pupils in Bannerman were keen to keep working on Holocaust Education.
Please read real-life testimony from the people who lived those times. Here are some recommendations:
- If This is a Man by Primo Levi;
- Lily’s Promise by Lily Ebert and Dov Forman (you can borrow the audiobook on Libby – ask your librarian for help with login);
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frenkl (you can borrow this as an eBook on Libby);
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank;
- Questions I Am Asked About the Holocaust by Hédi Fried (you can borrow this as an eBook on Libby);
- After the War by Tom Palmer (heavily informed by real stories);
- Maus by Art Spiegelman.
On the Libby app you can find reading lists of eBooks and audiobooks you can borrow for free with your Glasgow Libraries membership. Here they are:
