Celebrating our collections dating from 780AD to the present day
By Victoria Evans, Searchroom Archivist Please note that the following blog post includes content that some may find upsetting. This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a time to reflect on the atrocities committed and to remember those who were murdered. Within this blog post we…
Continue reading ➞ Holocaust Memorial Day – The Worthing Refugee Committee
By Abigail Hartley, Searchroom Archivist The topics and contents of this blog contain antisemitic and xenophobic attitudes prevalent in 20th century Europe which are outdated, offensive, or discriminatory. This content has been included to authentically represent the original documents and the experiences of those involved and is not an endorsement of these views. On the…
Continue reading ➞ Holocaust Memorial Day – Ordinary People, Bulldogs Bank and the Dann Sisters
November 2018 marks the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport, a British led programme which rescued over 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi persecution in Germany and annexed territories. The first trains arrived in Britain on 2nd December 1938 and the scheme continued until the outbreak of war in 1939. Many of the transports arrived in Harwich…
Continue reading ➞ Kindertransport and refugees in West Sussex
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