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Generation 2 Generation

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Registered Holocaust Charity providing speakers from the 2nd & 3rd generation who present their family stories to different communities around the world.

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#OTD 07/05/1940: The Lodz Ghetto was sealed with over 160,000 Jewish people trapped with barbed wire fencing and German Order Policing.

#OTD 07/05/1940: The Lodz Ghetto was sealed with over 160,000 Jewish people trapped with barbed wire fencing and German Order Policing.
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#OTD 08/05/1945: #VEDay German forces surrendered to the allies, marking victory for Europe. May we never forget those who gave their lives and commit to only fighting for an ever enduring peace. #VEDay80

#OTD 08/05/1945: #VEDay German forces surrendered to the allies, marking victory for Europe. 

May we never forget those who gave their lives and commit to only fighting for an ever enduring peace. 

#VEDay80
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#OTD 08/05/1939: Ruth and Raymond Neumeyer were evacuated from Germany to England via Kindertransport. To learn more about the story of Ruth and Raymond through #G2GSpeaker Tim Locke, head to our website ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/holocaust-surv…

#OTD 08/05/1939: Ruth and Raymond Neumeyer were evacuated from Germany to England via Kindertransport. 

To learn more about the story of Ruth and Raymond through #G2GSpeaker <a href="/timlocke73/">Tim Locke</a>, head to our website ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/holocaust-surv…
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#OTD 09/05/1945: Theresienstadt Camp was liberated. The "camp-ghetto" was used as a propaganda front by the Germans. A few hundred miles East, Czech resistance forces incited a rebellion against the remaining Nazi forces and won.

#OTD 09/05/1945: Theresienstadt Camp was liberated. The "camp-ghetto" was used as a propaganda front by the Germans. 

A few hundred miles East, Czech resistance forces incited a rebellion against the remaining Nazi forces and won.
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#OTD 10/05/1945: Prague is liberated by the Red Army after nearly 7 years of Nazi occupation, in one of the final battles on the Western front in WWII.

#OTD 10/05/1945: Prague is liberated by the Red Army after nearly 7 years of Nazi occupation, in one of the final battles on the Western front in WWII.
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#OTD 15/05/1944: Deportations of Jewish-Hungarians begun. Between May and July 1944, around half of Hungary's entire Jewish population were deported to Nazi camps.

#OTD 15/05/1944: Deportations of Jewish-Hungarians begun. Between May and July 1944, around half of Hungary's entire Jewish population were deported to Nazi camps.
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#OTD 16/05/1944: The family of #G2GSpeaker David Wirth were sent to Auschwitz. Eva, Deszo and Emmz were deported simply for being Jewish. To learn more about the Wirth family story, through David, head to our website ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/holocaust-surv…

#OTD 16/05/1944: The family of #G2GSpeaker David Wirth were sent to Auschwitz. Eva, Deszo and Emmz were deported simply for being Jewish.

To learn more about the Wirth family story, through David, head to our website ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/holocaust-surv…
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#OTD 18/05/1944 - Grandfather to #G2GSpeaker Tim Locke, Hans Neumeyer, passes away at Theresienstadt camp. Before the war, Hans had been a blind music teacher. To learn more about Hans through Tim, head to our website ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/holocaust-surv…

#OTD 18/05/1944 - Grandfather to #G2GSpeaker <a href="/timlocke73/">Tim Locke</a>, Hans Neumeyer, passes away at Theresienstadt camp. 

Before the war, Hans had been a blind music teacher. To learn more about Hans through Tim, head to our website ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/holocaust-surv…
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#OTD 20/05/1933: Vaterlandische (Fatherland) Front was established in Austria. Here, all political parties were unified under one fascist, but anti-Nazi party. In stark contrast, five years later (20/05/1938), the Nazis had seized control of Austria during the Anschluss.

#OTD 20/05/1933: Vaterlandische (Fatherland) Front was established in Austria. Here, all political parties were unified under one fascist, but anti-Nazi party. 

In stark contrast, five years later (20/05/1938), the Nazis had seized control of Austria during the Anschluss.
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🗞 This month's newsletter is now LIVE! Check your inbox for #G2G's latest news, events and updates. If you're not already signed up, make sure you don't miss out on any of our announcements through signing up here ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/get-involved/k…

🗞 This month's newsletter is now LIVE! Check your inbox for #G2G's latest news, events and updates. 

If you're not already signed up, make sure you don't miss out on any of our announcements through signing up here ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/get-involved/k…
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#G2GPresents: The Story of Willy Halpert. #G2GSpeaker Melvyn Leach will tell the story of Willy's survival as a hidden child in Belgium. 📆 14/7/25 📍 Zoom ⏰ 19:30 BST To reserve your spot ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/?p=11959 To learn more about Will'y story ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/the-story-of-w…

#G2GPresents: The Story of Willy Halpert.

#G2GSpeaker Melvyn Leach will tell the story of Willy's survival as a hidden child in Belgium.

📆 14/7/25
📍 Zoom
⏰ 19:30 BST

To reserve your spot ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/?p=11959

To learn more about Will'y story ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/the-story-of-w…
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#OTD 24/05/1938 - Hungary, German'y ally, enacted its first set of anti-Jewish laws. One of the first was quotas on the number of Jews in certain sectors of the economy. The laws also reversed the equal citizenship status granted to Jews in Hungary in 1867.

#OTD 24/05/1938 - Hungary, German'y ally, enacted its first set of anti-Jewish laws. One of the first was quotas on the number of Jews in certain sectors of the economy. 

The laws also reversed the equal citizenship status granted to Jews in Hungary in 1867.
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#G2GPresents: The Story of Willy Halpert. #G2GSpeaker Melvyn Leach will tell the story of Willy's survival as a hidden child in Belgium. 📆 14/7/25 📍 Zoom ⏰ 19:30 BST To reserve your spot ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/?p=11959 To learn more about Will'y story ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/the-story-of-w…

#G2GPresents: The Story of Willy Halpert.

#G2GSpeaker Melvyn Leach will tell the story of Willy's survival as a hidden child in Belgium.

📆 14/7/25
📍 Zoom
⏰ 19:30 BST

To reserve your spot ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/?p=11959

To learn more about Will'y story ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/the-story-of-w…
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#OTD June 1942: Groups of Jewish resistance fighters successfully hid in forests within Soviet territory, orchestrating rescue missions and sabotaging Nazi transports.

#OTD June 1942: Groups of Jewish resistance fighters successfully hid in forests within Soviet territory, orchestrating rescue missions and sabotaging Nazi transports.
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#OTD 04/06/1942: Grandfather of #G2GSpeaker Hans Neumeyer Tim Locke was deported to Theresienstadt camp. To learn more about Tim's family story, and to book him to speak, head to our website ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/holocaust-surv…

#OTD 04/06/1942: Grandfather of #G2GSpeaker Hans Neumeyer <a href="/timlocke73/">Tim Locke</a> was deported to Theresienstadt camp. 

To learn more about Tim's family story, and to book him to speak, head to our website ➡️ generation2generation.org.uk/holocaust-surv…