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March 14th, 2010One reason that our schools educate young people about the Holocaust is to address key issues about prejudice, discrimination and Human Rights. The number of people who died in the period between 1933 and 1945 is enormous, and one way that schools deal with this is to personalise it, through the stories of individuals who made a stand against genocide.
This year the UK government has awarded ‘Hero of the Holocaust’ medals to a number of British citizens, some posthumously, for the help and aid they gave to victims of the Holocaust. Sir Nicholas Winton, Frank Foley and Charles Coward are among those recognised for their humanitarian contribution. A Daily Telegraph article gives more detail.
Scottish missionary Jane Haining was another recipient of the Medal. She died in Auschwitz after refusing to leave the Jewish children cared for at her orphanage in Hungary.