Chief Rabbi delivers speech at National Holocaust Commemoration. Sir Ephraim Mirvis said October 7, and the following protests, highlighted how 'horrific Jewish suffering' is possible anywhere.
Holocaust survivors joined hundreds of people for a vigil at the National Holocaust Commemoration in central London .
Bronia Snow, 96, was transported to England in 1939 and in a speech recalled how terrified she was at arriving in her new home, leaving her parents behind She said she boarded a train and cannot remember 'speaking to anyone, eating anything or drinking anything'.She crossed the border into Holland and was put on a boat to England where she was taken to live with her mother's cousin in Hampstead, London.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis gave a speech at the service where Holocaust survivors were joined by their families. He re-iterated that anti-Semitism has risen over recent months in the UK 'We as a nation will always strive to guarantee that we will remember the lessons of the Holocaust in order to shape our presence and to inform and inspire a better, healthier, more peaceful and secure Britain.'
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