‘Scotland has really been very good to me’

As a child, Marion Camrass undertook an epic journey from Poland to Siberia and then Uzbekistan, as World War Two raged around her, before she finally made it to Glasgow. The 85-year-old will be spending Holocaust Memorial Day like every day, with her own thoughts of family lost at that time, but also the new … Read more

Stories From Our Memorable Trip To Germany by Steven and Hilary

Hilary and I were in Augsburg, Germany at the end of June attending the centenary celebrations of the Augsburg synagogue, one of the few synagogues to have survived the Nazis and WW2, and has since been restored to its former glory – see link below for more info http://www.jkmas.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Press-Release-Augsburg-Synagogue-100-Years.pdf About 100 descendants from the former … Read more

Gathering the Voices: A Scottish response to teaching about the Holocaust

In this presentation, Dr Angela Shapiro will outline the key features of a Scottish community-based project ‘Gathering the Voices’. The key aim of Gathering the Voices is to collect and make freely available online, the oral and videoed testimony from men and women who sought sanctuary in Scotland as a consequence of Nazi persecution. The … Read more

Calderwood Lodge Primary School

Calderwood Lodge Primary School displayed the Gathering the Voices exhibition in May 2016. To Say thank you for the achievement, we sent the school a thank you certificate. See the picture showing it on display! Visit Calderwood School Website

GCU recognises inspirational alumna Saskia Tepe

The daughter of a Holocaust survivor has been honoured by her alma mater for her life-long commitment promoting love over hate. Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) graduate Saskia Tepe has been presented with an Alumni Achievement Award. Saskia penned the memoir Surviving Brigitte’s Secrets, which gained international recognition, detailing the gravity of her mother’s wartime experiences, … Read more

Honoured by the First Minister of Scotland

The Gathering the Voices team are especially proud that our exhibition was featured at the Scottish National Holocaust Memorial event in Ayr, and was honoured by a personal visit to our display by Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.  

Francine Christophe Shares Her Experiences And Memories

Born in 1933, Francine Christophe was deported with her mother at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944. Released the following year, she continues to share her experience and memories, particularly with the younger generations.

Scottish Parliament – Photographs From The Exhibition

As part of the recent exhibition at the Scottish Parliament to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2016, Steven Anson from the Gathering the Voices Association was delighted to present a certificate of recognition to German Consul General Jens-Peter Voss (image on left) recognising the Consulates support of the Gathering the Voices project.