About Us

NHEG’s accredited, volunteer speakers deliver unique, high-quality audio and visual presentations to audiences of all ages in all settings across the North of the UK, promoting tolerance through the power of personal testimony.

Who We Are

Northern Holocaust Education Group was established to preserve and share the personal stories of Holocaust survivors and victims of Nazi persecution. As fewer survivors are able to share their testimony first-hand, our accredited speakers – descendants of survivors or victims of Nazi persecution – continue this vital work by presenting their families’ histories to new generations.

Through powerful life stories, we encourage audiences to recognise the dangers of hatred, prejudice, and discrimination.

Our Life stories form a rich and unique resource for schools, colleges, places of worship and civic authorities to use as part of their programmes about the Holocaust, discrimination and identity; to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, and to support the History and RS curriculum

Our Vision

To inspire learning from the life stories, experiences, and testimonies of victims of Nazi persecution and the Holocaust; to counter antisemitism and all forms of discrimination; to challenge Holocaust denial and distortion and promote human rights.

Our Mission

To preserve the legacy of Holocaust victims and survivors by ensuring that their stories are never forgotten or denied; to educate, inspire, and encourage audiences to stand up to hatred, discrimination and persecution of any kind.

Strategic Aims

To deliver life story presentations as an enrichment resource to programmes of Holocaust Education.
To provide a network of accredited speakers and ensure that all presentations are delivered in an engaging and impactful way.
To create a support structure for the development and delivery of high quality presentations, which might include personal or family testimony; oral or visual testimony; historical or personal photographs or film.
To set quality standards for presentations to ensure historical accuracy, appropriateness and relevance.

  • The students were completely transfixed throughout the inspirational and thought-provoking personal presentation, that blended important historical events with her own family’s experiences of the Holocaust. The presentation was a powerful, hugely poignant reminder of the need for human kindness, empathy and bravery in a time when prejudice and discrimination were persecuting innocent people.”
    Louise Wilson
    Thornaby Academy, Sockton-On-Tees
  • “The way [she] presented her father’s story captivated the audience.  It must take courage to tell such an emotive account of the horror that someone so close to you has experienced but throughout she remained remarkably composed and professional.”
     Lyn Higham
    Rawtenstall Library, Lancashire County Council
  • “A brilliant presentation – told in such a simple and easy-to-understand way. The students were transfixed and they all have told me subsequently how much they enjoyed it.  Was an amazing experience and we are very grateful to the NHEG for the work that they do on this!”
    Zayn Richards
    Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull
  • “It is hugely important for students to hear survivors’ testimonies and to realise that the Holocaust was much more than dusty textbooks, powerpoints or videos. It happened to real, ordinary people.”
    Jamie Nash
    Copley Academy, Stalybridge
  • “A powerful message for our young people to hear, especially in these times as those who lived during the Holocaust are no longer with us and how important it is to keep these stories alive and remembered and passed on.”
    Gabriella Murphy
    St David’s College, Cardiff
  • “Excellent! You could have heard a pin drop in the hall. The pupils were fully focused in [him] and his mum’s story. The questions they asked at the end showed how deeply they were thinking about what they had just learnt.”
    Jo Dibben
    Saint John Fisher Catholic High School, Wigan

“The delivery and honesty within it was exceptional and moving.
I’ve rarely seen talks which have pulled in peoples attention as this did.”
Jo Bouchard – The Air Ambulance Service

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