Holocaust Memorial
Each year around Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) we offer a space for reflection on the suffering and loss of the Holocaust in Europe in the 1930s and 40s and on subsequent genocides. The Empty Chair represents communities destroyed. This physical symbol is borrowed from the Ghetto Heroes Square in Krakow with its 33 memorial chairs made of cast iron and bronze. This empty chair stands for the households and communities emptied by enclosure in ghettos for a rich culture driven from homes and streets For the sin of silence,
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