News | Gathering the Voices

31 January 2018

‘Scotland has really been very good to me’

As a child, Marion Camrass undertook an epic journey from Poland to Siberia and then Uzbekistan, as World War Two raged around her, before she finally made it to Glasgow. The 85-year-old will be spending Holocaust Memorial Day like every day, with her own thoughts of family lost at that time, but al

27 November 2017

Stories From Our Memorable Trip To Germany by Steven and Hilary

Hilary and I were in Augsburg, Germany at the end of June attending the centenary celebrations of the Augsburg synagogue, one of the few synagogues to have survived the Nazis and WW2, and has since been restored to its former glory – see link below for more info http://www.jkmas.de/wp-content/upload

19 November 2017

Gathering the Voices: A Scottish response to teaching about the Holocaust

In this presentation, Dr Angela Shapiro will outline the key features of a Scottish community-based project ‘Gathering the Voices’. The key aim of Gathering the Voices is to collect and make freely available online, the oral and videoed testimony from men and women who sought sanctuary in Scotland a

8 March 2017

Calderwood Lodge Primary School

Calderwood Lodge Primary School displayed the Gathering the Voices exhibition in May 2016. To Say thank you for the achievement, we sent the school a thank you certificate. See the picture showing it on display! Visit Calderwood School Website

4 March 2017

GCU recognises inspirational alumna Saskia Tepe

The daughter of a Holocaust survivor has been honoured by her alma mater for her life-long commitment promoting love over hate. Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) graduate Saskia Tepe has been presented with an Alumni Achievement Award. Saskia penned the memoir Surviving Brigitte’s Secrets, which g

4 January 2017

Honoured by the First Minister of Scotland

The Gathering the Voices team are especially proud that our exhibition was featured at the Scottish National Holocaust Memorial event in Ayr, and was honoured by a personal visit to our display by Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

4 January 2016

Francine Christophe Shares Her Experiences And Memories

Born in 1933, Francine Christophe was deported with her mother at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944. Released the following year, she continues to share her experience and memories, particularly with the younger generations.

4 January 2016

JOCK TAMSON’S BAIRN

A story of new Scots on the path from the Holocaust to the Highlands, Jock Tamson’s Bairn comes to Aberdeen’s Tivoli Theatre this November. An original play based on the life of Walter Kress, Holocaust refugee and adopted Aberdonian. His story explores his family’s experience of what it meant to be

4 January 2016

Press Coverage Of ‘Marion’s Journey’ Serious Game

The Gathering the Voices Association are delighted to see the recognition given in the local and national press to the serious game ‘Marion’s Journey’. Great credit goes to the students and graduates of Glasgow Caledonian University for all of their hard work that went into producing the game. You c