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Karen Pollock

Karen Pollock

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During Kristallnacht, the Jews were defenceless. 85 years on, we can defend ourselves from hate

In 1945 it was thought the flame of antisemitism had burnt out but this is certainly not the case 85 years on

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2PH7YJ9 The Ruined Ohel Yaakov synagogue in Munich. Kristallnacht was a nationwide pogrom that was organised and carried out by the nazi Party on the 9th November 1938. Shops and synagogues were destroyed and people humiliated and beaten while the police looked on, or even helped. Though the amount of damage and the number of people attacked was quite small, the fact that it was completely unopposed showed the Nazis that they could really start in on the Jews and, as such, is one of the major milestones on the way to The Holocaust. https://commons.wiki

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80 years on from the Holocaust, it is the young who are our hope

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Holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott holds a memorial candle as he stands on the Millennium Bridge in central London on January 27, 2013 during an event marking Holocaust Memorial Day. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Ben Helfgott was a tireless campaigner for Holocaust education and my hero

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'Special club' is where Shoah survivors found their family

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The baton is falling to us to remember the Holocaust

Each Yom HaShoah we are reminded of the dwindling numbers of survivors and our duty to them

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April 18, 2023 10:18

The baton is falling to us to remember the Holocaust

Farewell letter from Auschwitz reminds us why we remember

Writing in the shadow of a gas chamber, Chaim Herman penned his final goodbye to his wife, knowing that he would not live to see her again

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January 27, 2023 10:50

Farewell letter from Auschwitz reminds us why we remember

Our hearts are broken, but Zigi's spirit and his message will live on

He was full of love and, despite everything, joy

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January 18, 2023 16:33

Our hearts are broken, but Zigi's spirit and his message will live on

British Holocaust survivors will acutely feel the loss of the Queen

HET Chief Executive Karen Pollock CBE pays tribute to the Queen

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September 9, 2022 15:34

LOHHEIDE, GERMANY - JUNE 26: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh lay a wreath at the inscription wall during their visit of the concentration camp memorial at Bergen-Belsen on June 26, 2015 in Lohheide, Germany. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh viewed the grave of Anne Frank, before they met two survivors of the camp and as well as two liberators. This is the final day of a four day state visit, which is their first to Germany since 2004. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte - Pool/Getty Images)

Remember the strength of Shoah survivors

The question isn’t where was G-d, but where was man?

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January 27, 2022 11:20

Holocaust survivors Manfred Goldberg (L) and Zigi Shipper pose for a photograph during a display entitled 'Seven Portraits:Surviving the Holocaust', commissioned by Britain's Prince of Wales, at The Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace, London on January 24, 2022. - The special display Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace has been commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales to pay tribute to the stories of seven remarkable Holocaust survivors, each of whom has in recent years been honoured for services to Holocaust awareness and education. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by Arthur Edwards / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by ARTHUR EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Holocaust Memorial will stand as a warning

The new centre will enable future generations to grapple with the history of the Shoah

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August 5, 2021 12:02

Holocaust Memorial will stand as a warning

UK must boycott Durban festival of Jew hate

It is grotesque that UN should be celebrating the anniversary of this poisonous conference

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June 17, 2021 11:08

UK must boycott Durban festival of Jew hate

Time to stop making lazy Holocaust parallels

We must learn the lessons of history without making inappropriate comparisons, argues Karen Pollock

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January 21, 2021 13:16

YORK, ENGLAND - JANUARY 23: Leanne Woodhurst from York Minster begins to light some of the 600 candles set out on the floor of the Chapter House of York Minster in a Star of David as part of a commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day at York Minster on January 23, 2020 in York, England. The ceremony in the Minster is part of events in the UK and internationally marking Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27. This year marks the 75th anniversary since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945 which was the largest Nazi death camp. The Holocaust genocide took place during World War II in Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany where aided by its collaborators they systematically murdered some six million European Jews. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

We Jews must not be silent

We must speak out against Chinese actions, says Karen Pollock

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July 20, 2020 14:44

We Jews must not be silent

Where was God? Or man? Keep asking

We must challenge simplistic narratives about the Shoah, writes Holocaust Educational Trust chief executive Karen Pollock

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April 20, 2020 18:30

Where was God? Or man? Keep asking

We must and will always share their testimony

Holocaust Educational Trust chief executive Karen Pollock reflects on the sad fact that Shoah survivors will soon no longer be with us

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January 30, 2020 17:39

We must and will always share their testimony

Our missions for the year ahead

Three communal leaders set out their hopes and objectives for 2020

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December 31, 2019 14:34

Woman enjoying on the hill and 2020 years while celebrating new year.

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