Holocaust talk to Stourport students
History and philosophy students at The Stourport High School and VIth Form College were gripped by the telling of one woman’s Holocaust testimony.
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Second generation Holocaust experts Peter and Moira Hart spoke to more than 130 students from years nine, 12 and 13 about the Second World War atrocity.
Their talk was based on the life of Peter’s mother, Kitty Hart-Moxon, who survived the Nazi concentration camps and later helped establish the Holocaust Educational Trust.
Now aged 98, the task of ensuring new generations never forget and learn that it must never happen again has fallen to Peter and his wife.
History teacher Ben Riley said: “The students listened intently to the harrowing account of Kitty’s experience from 1939 to 1945 and how she went on to live her life.
“As well as horrific it was also inspirational and they were full of questions for Peter and Moira to further their understanding. We are very grateful to them for taking the time to come and talk to us.”
Polish-born Jew Kitty and her mother survived being taken prisoner by the Nazis, which included time at Auschwitz, but her father, older brother and grandmother were killed.
After the war she and her mother came to live in Birmingham with her aunt who had escaped to England in 1938 and Kitty became a radiographer.
She has written two autobiographies, featured in two TV documentaries and in 2003 received the OBE for her work in Holocaust education.
The talk followed a visit to Auschwitz by four sixth form students, in conjunction with the Holocaust Educational Trust, in February.
Sixth former Saffy Watters said: "After visiting Auschwitz as part of the lessons from Auschwitz series, I think we must recognise our shared responsibility in rejecting complacency in the face of discrimination, ensuring that ‘Never Again’ is not an empty refrain but a guiding principle for the future."
