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14 March 2021

Letter from the Scottish Government

Recently, Gathering the Voices shared the video Martin Anson with Ms. Aileen Campbell, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government.

11 February 2021

Video of refugee’s life story made available to schools

Gathering the Voices has made a video telling the story of German refugee Martin Anson journey to finding a new home in Scotland, with Education Scotland agreeing to promote the video to Scottish schools. Continue Reading Video of refugee’s life story made available to schools

31 August 2020

Jewish Museum Berlin

The Anson family is pleased to report that memorabilia from Steven’s late father Martin Ansbacher (Anson) is now being featured in the just opened and remodeled Core Exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin (JMB). https://www.jmberlin.de/en/opening-new-core-exhibition Here are photographs of the exhib

30 April 2020

Bob MacKenzie Facebook Interview

On Sunday 26th April, Holocaust survivor Bob MacKenzie participated in a live phonecall interview on Facebook Live with Laura Pasternak, a Holocaust Educational Trust Regional Ambassador for Scotland. Continue Reading Bob MacKenzie Facebook Interview

25 February 2020

Food for Thought

Queens Cross and Glasgow Caledonian University have joined up to host a new series of free talks where people can learn and debate with experts about important subjects in local community venues. Find out more by attending Food for thought, Thursday 27th February, Windsor Community Hall. Continue Re

3 February 2020

Holocaust Memorial Lecture Series

Glasgow University has kindly agreed to link their website of Holocaust Memorial Lecture Series with the Gathering the Voices website. Every year these lectures are over-subscribed. The Holocaust Memorial Lecture Series was initiated in 2001 by Professor Bernard Wasserstein and Emeritus Professor Ot

31 January 2020

East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire’s 2020 Holocaust Memorial Day Event

Howard Singerman, one of the founder members of Gathering the Voices, was the keynote speaker at East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire’s 2020 Holocaust Memorial Day event, which this year was commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Continue Reading East Ren

30 January 2020

Saskia Tepe in Southern Arizona

On 5th December, and 9th and 26th January I spoke at three separate 55+ communities in Southern Arizona, to a total of over 150 residents ranging in age from 55 to 80, in order to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and introduce the concept and aims of International Holo

27 January 2020

75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Today, The 27th January 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, which was liberated by the Red Army.