Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre

Phone:
+44 1623 836627

Address:
Acre Edge Road, Laxton NG22 0PA, England

Beth Shalom is a Holocaust memorial centre near Laxton in Nottinghamshire in England. Opened in 1995, it is England's only dedicated Holocaust museum, though there is also a permanent exhibition at London's Imperial War Museum. The centre was founded by brothers James and Stephen Smith following a 1991 visit to Israel during which a trip to Yad Vashem changed the way they looked at history and the Holocaust.The museum seeks to educate primary school children about the Holocaust through its primary exhibit on children's experiences, funded in part by a lottery grant of nearly £500,000. Prince Harry was educated about the Holocaust at the Centre following an incident when he wore a Nazi costume.On 21 July 2010, almost twenty years after the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre was founded, James and Stephen Smith and their mother Marina, were each awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters by Nottingham Trent University.
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Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre Videos

Year 8 Visit to Beth Shalom (Holocaust Memorial Centre)

In November, year 8 PRS students had the opportunity to visit the Holocaust Memorial Centre in Newark, Nottingham.

The Survival of a Dying Story (National Holocaust Centre)

[CONTAINS UPSETTING IMAGES] Simon Winston was just a small boy when he was forced into a concentration camp by the Nazi's. By a small miracle, Simon and his family were able to escape with their lives. Sadly, Simon is just one of a few left to tell the tale.

This documentary explores how stories like Simon's will be kept alive through 3D holograms.

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Documentary produced for Notts TV by:

Alexander Blakemore
Kiera Gardner
Ryan Johns
Ali Willcox
Hannah Wright

© Notts TV, Nottingham Trent University, 2016.

Experiencing the Digital World: National Holocaust Centre

James Griffiths of the National Holocast Centre, UK, describes their on-going hologram digitisation programme featuring Holocaust survivors, as well as their use of the digital in education programmes within the Centre. A group discussion follows, which considers the approach of different Holocaust organisations to preservation, as well as how the digital plays a role in heritage interpretation.