Opening night with talk and guided tour by the curator Eve Rosenhaft, Sunday 19 January, 8:00 pm
For more information and to book your place(s) visit Muswell Hill Synagogue website at: www.muswellhillsynagogue.org.uk/event/dont-forget-the-photos-exhibition
Muswell Hill Shul together with Rene Cassin present a travelling exhibition which describes the experiences of German Sinti and Roma (“Gypsies”) during the Nazi regime through the lives of nine families, drawing on a unique set of photographs.
The exhibition will be open to the community and public from: Monday 20th January – Thursday 23rd January, 1.00pm to 5.00pm Late night Wednesday 22nd January 7.00pm to 9.30pm
“The
genocide against the Sinti and Roma was inspired by the same motive of
racial fanaticism and the same wilful intention to exterminate them
systematically, once and for all, as that which underlay the
extermination of the Jews. Everywhere in the National Socialists’ sphere
of influence, they were systematically murdered family by family, from
the very youngest to the very old.”
Roman Herzog, then President of the German Federal Republic, on 16 March 1997
Photo I.D. will be required for non-members and bag searches will be in operation.
Today, 10th December, is International Human Rights Day – the 76th anniversary of the signing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
The Declaration was a reaction to the horrors of the Holocaust. So, for Jews, today has a particuar significance.
Although rooted in response to atrocity, the Declaration was forward-looking and optimistic. It spoke for the majority of people who knew a better world was possible. The fact that it’s co-author , the French-Jewish lawyer Monsieur Rene Cassin, could draft such a hopeful document so soon after 26 members of his family were murdered by the Nazis is a testament to his humanity and the power of human rights in general.
Today, as the organisation that works in Cassin’s name, we are determined to ensure his Declaration’s vision of human rights for all is fully realised. Central to that work is a focus on so called ‘socio-economic rights’ – rights to everyday essentials like food, housing and health. This vision was best articulated in Article 25 of the Declaration:
‘Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control’.
Bolstering these rights would ensure everybody has access to the foundations on which to build a dignified, prosperous and meaningful life. They have been neglected for too long.
We are constantly developing our campaigns, planning events, and cultivating discussions on Human Rights issues, sign up for our email updates and we’ll keep you informed on all we are working on and how YOU can get involved.
