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Category: Family Stories

Letter Writing after the Shoah

Written by Tom Hastings

Tom Hastings, Holocaust Centre North’s first writer-in-residence, reflects on a workshop he delivered at the Queer Yeshiva Summer Intensive on 27th August 2024, using materials from the Holocaust Centre North Archive. During my time as … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures 2 – Ariane Schick

Written by Ariane Schick

Around eighty years after my paternal grandparents and aunt became Holocaust refugees, I began reflecting on this part of my family’s past. In the midst of that, I applied for the Memorial Gestures Residency at … Keep reading

My Grandma and Me

Written by Elissa Winston

It was strange hearing my grandma’s voice again after two decades.  I had been asked to do a presentation, with my 14 year old daughter, about my grandma’s story for Yom Hashoah, the Jewish day … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures – Laura Fisher

Written by Laura Fisher

Hello, I’m Laura Fisher! I am honored to have been chosen to create artistic responses to the archive at Holocaust Centre North through the Memorial Gestures artist’s residency, and I’m excited to introduce myself to … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures – April Lin 林森

Written by April Lin 林森

The space between fact and fiction My entry point into this residency was exploring the role and possibility of speculation in approaching the archive. How can speculation be used to fill in the gaps in … Keep reading