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Call for Papers – After Genocide and Mass Violence: What Comes Next? (Workshop)

Posted by Hannah
July 7, 2025

Title of Workshop: After Genocide and Mass Violence: What Comes Next? When: Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th October 2025 Where: In person at Holocaust Centre North, University of Huddersfield 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures 3 – Laura Nathan

Written by Laura Nathan
June 24, 2025

“Above all, I wanted to celebrate the flaws, the vulnerability, and the resilience which makes us human.” Keep reading

Memorial Gestures 2 – Rey Conquer

Written by Rey Conquer
May 21, 2025

"I wanted to know what happened when ordinary language ran out: the ways that people find to communicate in writing with those from whom they have been separated by war and persecution" Keep reading

Memorial Gestures 2 – Irina Razumovskaya

Written by Irina Razumovskaya
March 11, 2025

“It was their lives, but what will be left when it only becomes our history?” Keep reading

Robert Eaglestone on “Poetry After Auschwitz: Walking in West Cornwall with the Ghost of Great-Aunt Hilde”

Written by Robert Eaglestone
December 12, 2024

Holocaust poetry is hard to write and can horrify for the wrong reasons: the “so-called artistic rendering of the naked physical pain of those who were beaten down by rifle butts contains, however distantly, the … Keep reading

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In Conversation: Louise K Wilson & Paula Kolar

Posted by Paula
October 31, 2024

A conversation with artist Louise K Wilson on working with members of our community for the production of two new tracks for our ‘Encountering Survival’ audio guide. Listen to Encountering Survival here via the browser-based … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures 2 – Maud Haya-Baviera

Written by Maud Haya-Baviera
March 8, 2024

I am a multidisciplinary visual artist. For years, I have worked with a variety of different mediums, ranging from film and video, sculpture, photography and sound. This has taught me much about different techniques and … Keep reading

Holocaust Centre North partners with POLIN for international conference on Holocaust distortion

Posted by Hannah
July 8, 2025

We are proud to announce that Holocaust Centre North will be one of the international partners of a conference hosted by POLIN museum in Warsaw. The conference entitled ‘Confront Holocaust Distortion in the Digital Era’ … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures Exhibition at Sunny Bank Mills

Posted by Alessandro
June 8, 2025

How do we continue to remember the Holocaust with depth and relevance? How do we foster a responsible culture of care when telling stories of trauma? How do we hold what remains, while attending also … Keep reading

Memorial Gestures – Exhibition at Sunny Bank Mills

Posted by Paula
April 26, 2025

Memorial Gestures runs from Friday 6 to Saturday 28 June 2025 at The 1912 Mill, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire. The exhibition opens Thursday 5 June at 6pm. Exhibition Information: Memorial Gestures Curated … Keep reading

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