Please join us in reflection and remembrance on Sunday 28th January from 2-3pm at the Lansdown Hall (GL5 1BB) for our Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony. Later the same day there will be a discussion of a book by Primo Levi (3.30-5.30pm) and a screening of the film Denial (7.30-10pm) – full details below.
The theme for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day is Fragility of Freedom.
The event will include speakers from our local Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities. We will also hear about Hitler’s forgotten victims – disabled people.
Baron Mendes da Costa from the Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community will read the Kaddish.
There will be short speeches from Community Solidarity Stroud District, Stroud Trades Council, Stroud District Together With Refugees and Stroud Against Racism.
Music will be provided by the Stroud Red Band and Grove Singers.
Steve Saville (Curate, Stroud Parish Churches) will welcome attendees and introduce the event and our speakers:
Baron Mendes da Costa from 3 Counties Liberal Jewish Community, Hassan MG from Masjid-E-Noor Mosque, Jezza Green from Community Solidarity Stroud District, family carer Jacky Martel, Andy Wooley from Stroud Trades Council, Caroline Beattie from Stroud District Together With Refugees, and Midge Purcell from Stroud Against Racism.
Access
The main access to the Lansdown Hall is via a staircase with handrails.
Step free access to the Hall is at the back of the building in Bank Gardens. This can be accessed via the path from the bottom of the High Street.
There are accessible toilets in the Hall next to the bar.
A hearing loop is in place on their PA system.
If you have particular access requirements and you are attending an event in the Hall please contact them in advance and they will make every effort to assist and accommodate you.
Later in the day at the same venue:
* 3.30-5.30pm: discussion of Primo Levi’s book, The Drowned and The Saved, hosted by Stroud Radical Reading Group. Copies of the book are available from the Yellow Lighted Bookshop.
* 7.30pm: screening of the film Denial as part of Stroud Film Festival. Denial is based on the acclaimed book “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier,” and adapted for the screen by David Hare. It tells the story of historian Deborah Lipstadt’s legal battle for historical truth against David Irving, who accused her of libel when she called him a Holocaust denier. With the the burden of proof on the accused in defamation cases, it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team to prove that the Holocaust occurred. This will be a ticketed event – with tickets priced at £8/6/4. Check the Festival website for other films stroudfilmfestival.org.
For more information, go to: hmd.org.uk
Community Solidarity Stroud District 