An extraordinary film of truth and reconciliation from director Daniela Volker that was highly deserving of this year's Yad Vashem Award for outstanding Holocaust-related documentary…
Lex Lesgever was born on 1 May 1929 in the historic heart of Amsterdam, where Jews had thrived for centuries. He was barely 11 when the Germans occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. By May 1945, approximately 107,000 of the 140,500 of the country’s Jewish population were wiped…
For drama reimagining what went on behind the scenes during world-changing events, playwright Ben Brown is your go-to man. His 2010 play The Promise took its audience backstage in the lead up to the Balfour Declaration, he explored Churchill’s ‘darkest hours’…
Next month JR Tours is taking a trip to the Isle of Man to mark the 80th anniversary of the internment of refugees from Nazi Europe by the British government. In a remarkable turn of events, the promotional image we used (see photo five) was seen by Milton Firman – the owner…
After two years in the making, the Imperial War Museum London is finally set to open its brand new Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries on Wednesday 20 October. At three times the size of their award-winning…