Gifts in Memory, Tributes, Legacies
Donate in memory
Making a donation in the memory of a loved one is a wonderful way to celebrate their life. Your donation will be used to develop new learning sessions for children and adults, acquire new collections and testimony, support vital conservation work, fund creative work and research or provide survivor support. If you would like your donation to go towards a specific area of our work or collections, please let us know by sending an e-mail to support.hcn@hud.org.uk and we would be happy to discuss how your gift can best support our activities.
Tribute funds
You can create a fundraising page to collect donations in memory of a person or a family whom you treasure. You can do this with MuchLoved or JustGiving, making it possible for friends and family to put up personal messages. For more help and guidance please contact us at support.hcn@hud.org.uk
Gift in Will
The Holocaust changed everything. Families were torn apart, voices silenced, lives destroyed. And yet, in the long shadow that followed, survivors found the courage to begin again here in the North of England. Out of loss, they built lives of love, friendship, and resilience. They entrusted us with their stories so that the world would not forget.
By leaving a gift in your Will to Holocaust Centre North, you ensure those voices will never fall into silence. You help us carry them forward with care, preserve them with historical commitment, and share them with creativity and courage. Your legacy becomes part of theirs: a promise that remembrance is alive, and that “never again” will be lived as well as remembered.
I wanted to support the efforts of the Holocaust Centre North, but also to remember Lilian Black who was the driving force behind the exhibition centre and who did so much to continue the legacy of her father Eugene, a survivor of several concentration camps. I miss Lilian, and supporting the Holocaust Centre North is a way to perpetuate her memory too. As the number of living survivors of the Holocaust diminishes it is more vital than ever that their story is told in a manner that future generations will be able to access. The hope is that this will empower our descendants to recognise the signs of irrational hatred and prevent such a tragedy ever happening again.
‘I decided to donate my family’s papers to Holocaust Centre North because of the professional team’s clear determination to use collections to make a difference in the modern world, their creativity and fresh approaches. I have known the Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association (and later Holocaust Centre North) for nearly 25 years and I am confident that they will tell my story to the next generations with care, accuracy, and empathy.’
‘Our mother, Iby Knill may well be associated first and foremost with being a Holocaust survivor and witness. However it is important for us that she, despite her suffering, will also be remembered as a resilient and gifted human being with major contributions to many areas of activity and diciplines. Contributions to the Holocaust Centre North help to keep her memory, and the memory of others alive so that they may be an example for future generations.’
