Recently, S6 pupils Sophie Glancy and Ruaridh Langan visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps in Poland as part of the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz programme.
Reflecting on their experience, Ruaridh said, “Auschwitz was a life-changing experience that I’ll never forget. You can’t help but feel sorrow and terror as you see what innocent people went through.”
Sophie agreed, and added, “Hearing the stories of survivors but also the stories of those who died made me incredibly angry. I feel that this relates much more to this day and age than people realise and we must do everything we can to prevent this from happening again.”
Both Sophie and Ruaridh are now in the process of completing the Next Steps phase of the programme. This involves them taking on an ambassadorial role within the school community in order to spread awareness of the Holocaust. In January, Sophie and Ruaridh will address year group assemblies as part of the school’s commemorations of Holocaust Memorial Week.
