Gathering The Voices Scotland

Testimonies of Holocaust survivors who settled in Scotland

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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 project is using blended learning approaches to engage with the general public and, more specifically, young adults and children of school age. Its website enables teachers to link sections easily to the school curriculum.

FRI 19 JANUARY 2018,

12:30 – 13:30

To Register for the event, please click here

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, even after victory day in 1945.

She has dedicated her life educating audiences across the globe about the chilling effects of war, sharing her mum’s story and her own experience as a child refugee in Germany.

This includes speaking to Gathering the Voices, a GCU-supported project collating oral testimonies of men and women who sought refuge in Scotland.

Read more at the Glasgow Caledonian University Website

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.

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.