G2G News
May 2024
This is the first edition of our new e-newsletter which will replace our pdf version that was produced seasonally. We are aiming to produce more frequent but shorter newsletters in this digital format as we adapt to the ever-changing technological landscape.
In this issue you can find out about our upcoming events including our concert on May 19th, read about how G2G covered Holocaust Memorial Day and the number of presentations our speakers made, hear from John Wood about his experience as a G2G speaker as well as learn about a new G2G partner and some of our partner events.
We hope you enjoy the new format. Please do let us have your feedback!
Upcoming Events
G2G Achievements
6 June 2024 – War through children’s eyes – when will the world’s most neglected genocide end for the Sudanese survivors?
Past Events
About the Hungarian Holocaust
Genocide in Sudan
Partner Events
Sunday 5th May 2024 6.45 pm
Remember Together: We Are One
National Yom Hashoah UK Commemoration
Location: London Venue. Book Here https://www.yomhashoah.org.uk
Thursday 8th May at 7.30pm
Kindness: A Legacy of the Holocaust
A verbatim play based on the testimony of Susan Pollack OBE
Location: NW London (venue to be confirmed after booking)
https://www.shulinthewood.com/event/yom-hashoah-kindness-a-legacy-of-the-holocaus
Sunday 12th May 3pm BST – Wigmore Hall
AJR Kindertransport 85th Anniversary Commemorative Concert
The programme will reflect the music, culture and heritage of the German, Austrian and Czech roots of the rescued children. To book tickets please visit: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on
Tuesday 14th May – Saturday 8th June Finborough Theatre, London
The Tailor of Inverness
This spring sees the London première run of Matthew Zajac’s internationally
acclaimed one-man play based on the true story of his Polish father’s life.
Book online at www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk
Wednesday 15 May at 7:30 pm
Nobody Lives Here
Location: JW3
Learn about the gripping memoir of Lex Lesgever, about his Jewish childhood in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. Babette Lichtenstein, one of the translators of the memoir, will discuss Lex and Jewish life in Amsterdam where Babette grew up in after the war. https://www.jw3.org.uk/whats-on/nobody-lives-here
Thursday 16th May at 7pm
In conversation with Elisha Wiesel
Location: JW3
Join Elisha Wiesel in this intimate conversation were he will offer his candid and timely reflections on his father’s writings about the long shadow of the Shoah, the creation of the state of Israel, and his unwavering belief in the resilience of the Jewish spirit. https://www.jw3.org.uk/elisha-wiese
Thursday 16th May 6.30 – 8.30pm BST
AJR Farewell Reception to KTA Guests from America
The AJR is hosting a farewell reception for KTA guests from America on the final night of their visit to the UK at the West London Synagogue, 33 Seymour Place, London W1H 5AU. It will be an opportunity to socialise with fellow Kinder and Kinder descendants. Places must be pre-booked. Please contact susan@ajr.org.uk for further information and to apply.
Chag Sameach – Happy Passover to all our readers. Next year in Jerusalem!
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Pauline Kra
Keep in touch
Speaker News
Congratulations to the new speakers who have graduated our training programme. Our very own Committee member and co-founder of G2G, Bernice Krantz tells the story of Toby Biber who she met when recording her testimony in 1995. Peter Kammerlin’s presentation is about his father Walter who arrived on aKindertransport from Vienna. Susanna Rosenberg narrates the story of her father Sacha Kesler who was hidden as a child in France. Lia Bratt outlines the story of her grandfather Ivor Perl who survived Auschwitz along with one brother and came from a small
Callum Issacs presents his his grandmother Miriam Finkelstein’s story. Maggie Fleet’s grandfather is Stephen Frank and she narrates the story of his father who was in the Dutch resistance and was murdered by the Nazis.
All in all, it has been a great year for G2G, and we now have 34 fully trained speakers. Our speaker bookings continue to grow with the number of bookings for this academic year now at 226 presentations to 175 organisations. Just under 57% are repeat bookings.
