To mark this year's Holocaust Memorial Day, MJM will be staging an afternoon of performances and readings about the Kindertransport.
Manchester School of Theatre will perform scenes from Diane Samuels play, 'Kindertransport' - telling the story of Eva, a child refugee who fled Germany and settled in Manchester.
Following this, MJM Curator, Alexandra Grime, will be discussing 'The Harris House Diary' - a diary written in 1940 by 15 girls whilst staying in a Southport hostel after arriving in Britain on the Kindertransport (Harris House girls shown above at 1980s re-union).
Diary extracts will also be read out by young members of Manchester's Jewish community.
Sun 26 Jan, 1pm
Free Ticketed event: Advance bookings only - call 0161 834 9879
Drawings, photographs and writing by contemporary artist Gary Spicer in response to his visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Plaszow concentration camps in 2012.
26 Jan - 9 Mar 2014
Free with museum admission
Discover what life was like 100 years ago in Jewish Manchester on one of our new museum tours.
Using props and museum displays our team of volunteer guides will bring to life the stories of 5 Jewish characters that lived in Manchester in 1912.
Tours offered daily - check times here
Free with museum admission
190 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, M8 8LW
0161 834 9879 admin@manchesterjewishmuseum
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