Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce Spring 2021
During the school year, we had a request to support Auchenharvie Academy with the Holocaust topic within History. We approached Gathering the Voices, a charity whose 6 volunteers have gather…
Letter from the Scottish Government
Recently, Gathering the Voices shared the video Martin Anson with Ms. Aileen Campbell, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government.
Video of refugee’s life story made available to schools
Gathering the Voices has made a video telling the story of German refugee Martin Anson journey to finding a new home in Scotland, with Education Scotland agreeing to promote the…
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Jewish Museum Berlin
The Anson family is pleased to report that memorabilia from Steven’s late father Martin Ansbacher (Anson) is now being featured in the just opened and remodeled Core Exhibition at the…
Bob MacKenzie Facebook Interview
On Sunday 26th April, Holocaust survivor Bob MacKenzie participated in a live phonecall interview on Facebook Live with Laura Pasternak, a Holocaust Educational Trust Regional Ambassador for Scotland.
Food for Thought
Queens Cross and Glasgow Caledonian University have joined up to host a new series of free talks where people can learn and debate with experts about important subjects in local…
Holocaust Memorial Lecture Series
Glasgow University has kindly agreed to link their website of Holocaust Memorial Lecture Series with the Gathering the Voices website. Every year these lectures are over-subscribed. The Holocaust Memorial Lecture…
East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire’s 2020 Holocaust Memorial Day Event
Howard Singerman, one of the founder members of Gathering the Voices, was the keynote speaker at East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire’s 2020 Holocaust Memorial Day event, which this year was commemorating…
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Saskia Tepe in Southern Arizona
On 5th December, and 9th and 26th January I spoke at three separate 55+ communities in Southern Arizona, to a total of over 150 residents ranging in age from 55…
75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Today, The 27th January 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, which was liberated by the Red Army.
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Judith Rosenberg
Auschwitz survivor: ‘There was no life. We were starving’ Judith Rosenberg was 22 when she was put on a cramped train with her Jewish family in the spring of 1944.…
Update from Gathering the Voices
Gathering the Voices has presented/exhibited at over 90 locations since we commenced this Refugee and Holocaust Testimony project in 2012. We have presented to over 11,000 Scottish pupils and to…