Buckingham’s community gathered in Bourton Park to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day last Friday.
The event started with a warm welcome from the Town Mayor, Cllr. Schaefer and the following commitment
Ms. Sarah Katz of the Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue read Elie Wiesel’s poem ‘Never Shall I forget’ .
The Town Council was joined by pupils from the Buckingham School and George Grenville Primary School who enriched the ceremony by distributing hand painted memorial leaves and sharing poetry based on the Holocaust Memorial Day’s theme of The Fragility of Freedom. The Memorial leaves were painted by year 6 pupils from George Grenville, with names of Holocaust victims and act as a poignant and ephemeral tribute. Year 7 pupils from the Buckingham School had been studying WW2 poetry and created some moving pieces specifically for the event. A group of year 6 students from Bourton Meadow Academy, who had been learning about WW2 and The Holocaust as part of their curriculum, brought along some beautiful artwork and poetry that was shared with attendees after the event. The school children adorned the memorial stone with hand crafted tributes and flowers were laid at the foot of the stone.
Town Mayor of Buckingham, Cllr. Anja Schaefer said “Remembering the Holocaust is as important and relevant today as it ever was. We owe it to those who were killed and persecuted in the Holocaust and every genocide since to be ever vigilant against the danger of future persecution and atrocities. My sincere thanks to those who helped make our third annual Holocaust memorial ceremony a thought-provoking event and to all those who attended.”
The Town Council worked with The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust in planning the event.
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