Anne Frank Rose planted as exhibition honours Holocaust survivors who put down roots in Manchester

18th January 2012

Categories: Modern History News

On Thursday 26^th January at 1:30pm there will be a photo opportunity, as children take part in a ceremony planting the Anne Frank rose, for the first time in the UK, at Manchester Jewish Museum.  The press will also be given the chance until 5:00pm to view the new Holocaust exhibition The Windermere Boys. 

As part of Holocaust Memorial Week, children from Birchfields Primary School and a young refugee from RAPAR will take part in the rose planting ceremony. The ceremony begins at 1:30pm, the rose will be planted at 1:45pm and at 1:55pm children will hang their personal mementos on the remembering tree. Local councillors, members of the Jewish community and RAPAR will also be present. 

The Anne Frank rose which is dedicated to Anne Frank’s memory was originally sent by Anne’s father Otto as a gift to a friend in Japan, where it was planted across towns and cities and has now become a symbol of peace and reconciliation. 

“The Windermere Boys exhibition”, which will be launched that evening, will tell the story of 300 Jewish children who, having survived the Holocaust, found a haven in Windermere. 

It is fitting that the Anne Frank rose should be planted in memory of Anne, a Jewish child, who did not survive the Holocaust on the same night as the opening of a very unique kind of Holocaust exhibition, one which celebrates the survival of a large number of Jewish children. These children lived the rest of their lives in Britain where they became important members of their new communities.

The exhibition is open to the public from Sunday 29^th January to Thursday 31^st May 2012, and during this period there will also be programme of events connected with the Holocaust as follows: 

1.00 PM MONDAY JANUARY 30^th 2012

“Stand Up and Speak Out” Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations at Manchester Jewish Museum 

Noemie Lopian, the daughter of Holocaust survivor Ernst Israel Bornstein will tell his story and read extracts from his book “The Longest Night”. His story is one of a man’s will to survive in the most appalling circumstances. Entrance Free 

 7.30PM TUESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY

Sister Agnieska will share stories of her fellow sisters, who belonged to the order of Ursulines and managed to save about 30 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.  Entrance £4.00

 2.00PM SUNDAY 12TH FEBRUARY

Arek Hersh will deliver a moving talk about his own survival in concentration camps in Poland during the dark days of the Second World War. Entrance free.

7.00PM THURSDAY 3RD MAY 2012

There will be the opportunity to listen to Mark Peter-Wright's Holocaust inspired music "Where Once We Walked". Mark Peter Wright was awarded British Composer of the Year 2009 (Sonic Arts).