Arek Hersch
displays his concentration camp number
An ember saved from the fire
Six million Jews perished during the holocaust.
Some of those that survived the ravages of the camps and World War II live
here in Leeds.
Listen
to including the stories of holocaust
survivors from Leeds and around West Yorkshire.
The documentary produced by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Leeds was first
broadcast on Sunday 25 January 2004.
Survivors:
Ibi (L) and Waldemir Ginsberg (R)
Photo Tim Daley
Now their
stories, in some cases harrowing, in all cases moving, have been recorded
in An Ember Saved from the Fire, a two part documentary produced by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Radio Leeds.
The documentary
was broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Leeds' Sunday Breakfast show in 2004 to commemorate
Holocaust Memorial Day.
All the entire
interviews with survivors, used to make up the radio programme, are being
archived for posterity in the Brotherton Library at Leeds University.
Holocaust
Memorial Day is officially held on Tuesday 27 January (the anniversary
of the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz).
Look
back on 2003
Listen to the story of Sir Nicholas Winton, sometimes dubbed
The British Schindler. The 30 minute documentary produced by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Leeds
was broadcast on Sunday 26 January 2003
Listen to the
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