Holocaust Memorial Day in Peterborough

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00:00When I was 8, that's when they came for us. The knife had broken glass, or what they called

00:15it, and the atmosphere of theatre. They burned down buildings, they destroyed our places

00:21of work, and stole whatever they could. There was no point going to the police, as they

00:26My father was a lawyer and one of the most important people in the town, but even he

00:30said it was hopeless to fight against any law. My mother was one of the first female

00:34doctors in the country, but she was no longer allowed to work here. We had nowhere to go

00:39and no one to help us.

00:55For all mothers in anguish, pushing up their babies in a small basket to let the river

01:07cradle them, and curled hands fine and urgently, providing safety in a hostile world. Our constant

01:17gratitude, as in this last century, the crowded trains taking us away from home, became our

01:26baby baskets, rattling to foreign marks our exodus from death.

01:3380 years after Auschwitz, this liberation, anti-Semitism has sharply risen, both in the

01:48UK and worldwide. We, we all have the power to speak out against the violence and the

02:01genocide, and it is our duty to do so. We also need to confront prejudice and to inspire

02:16others to educate themselves about not only the Holocaust, but also more recent awful events.