This article was submitted by UKNIWM volunteer Irene Glausiusz, Chair of the ‘Memorial to Evacuation’ Steering Committee.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, a moving act of remembrance took place on the last Tuesday in January under a cloudless sky beside Southwark Council’s Holocaust Memorial tree in the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park outside the Imperial War Museum. The service was [...]
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Holocaust Remembrance Encourages Present Day Reflection
Posted in Events, In the news, tagged Holocaust, Imperial War Museum, Refugees, Remembrance, WW2 on 10 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Scottish veteran of Spanish Civil War dies
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Refugees, Scotland, Spain on 7 March, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The funeral of Stevie Fullarton, the last Scottish veteran of the Spanish Civil War, is taking place today. Read more from BBC News
Between 1936 and 1939, many volunteers from around the world travelled to Spain to join the Loyalists fighting against the right-wing forces of General Franco. These volunteers were known as the International Brigade. However, Franco - supported [...]
Refugee Week #3 – fighting back
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Poland, Refugees, WW2 on 22 June, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
During the Second World War, many refugees from the Nazi regime played an active role fighting again Germany both in defence of their allies and to help liberate their homelands.
Once such memorial is this large, slate stone of remembrance erected in in Aberdyfi, Gwynedd in 1999, to commemorate 3 Troop 10 Commando. The inscription reads,
For the members of 3 Troop/ [...]
Refugee Week #2 – Belgian refugees
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Belgium, Refugees, WW1 on 21 June, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A quarter of a million Belgians, displaced by the conflict of the First World War, came to the UK in what proved to be the largest influx of refugees in UK history. There are several memorials throughout the UK commemorating the efforts of local people to house them. Most Belgians returned home after the end of the war.
In Wimbledon Cemetery, [...]
Refugee Week #1 – Kindertransport
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Holocaust, Refugees, WW2 on 20 June, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This week is Refugee Week and we will be highlighting some war memorials that commemorate refugees.
The first is the Kindertransport memorial, unveiled in 2006 outside Liverpool Street Station, London. The memorial consists of a group of five lifesize bronze statues of children. They are depicted standing at the end of a railway line with their luggage.
The inscription reads as follows,
Children of [...]
