Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre official opening

Video news – The University is pleased to announce the launch of the new £1 million Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre, which was officially opened on campus in September

The Centre, developed by the University of Huddersfield and the Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association, is one of only two centres in the UK and will primarily serve the North of England.

The new facility will provide a wide range of teaching, learning and research opportunities for schools, students and communities to learn about the Holocaust, explore how it happened and its relevance for today.  Contained within the exhibition are artefacts showing daily life in the Nazi concentration camps, items brought by refugees and Kindertransport children, records of Nazi persecution, photographs, filmed testimony of survivors and refugees and films uniquely created for the exhibition which show how events evolved.  There is an auditorium and space for reflection.

The venture was funded by over £600,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund with additional contributions from the University and major charities and individual donors.  It was officially opened by The Rt Hon Lord Eric Pickles, UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues and co-chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation.

The entire opening ceremony with speeches and musical performance is now available on the University's Research YouTube Channel.