Beth Shalom (lit. "House of Peace"), also named the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, is a Holocaust memorial centre near Laxton in Nottinghamshire in England. Opened in 1995, it is England's only dedicated Holocaust museum, though there is also a permanent exhibition at London's Imperial War Museum and another in Huddersfield, the Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre, which was opened in 2018.[1] The centre was founded by brothers James and Stephen Smith following a 1991 visit to Israel during which a trip to Yad Vashem changed the way they looked at history and the Holocaust.[2][3]

The museum seeks to educate primary school children about the Holocaust through its primary exhibit on children's experiences,[4] funded in part by a lottery grant of nearly £500,000.[5] Prince Harry was educated about the Holocaust at the Centre after he was criticised for wearing a Nazi armband as part of an Afrika Korps costume to a fancy dress party.[6]

On 21 July 2010, almost twenty years after the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre was founded, James and Stephen Smith and their mother Marina were each awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by Nottingham Trent University.[7]

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References

  1. ^ Deborah Linton (5 March 2008). "Holocaust Museum Put on Hold". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 March 2008.; Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre officially opens.
  2. ^ James Smith (15 February 2004). "We Found Love in a World of Horror". Sunday Mercury. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  3. ^ Ori Golan (11 October 2002). "In Memory of Tomorrow". Jerusalem Post. Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Holocaust Exhibit Targets Pupils". BBC News. 18 March 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2008.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Lotto Boost for Beth Shalom Centre and Arts". Nottingham Evening Post. Europe Intelligence Wire. 19 March 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  6. ^ Terry Kirby (15 January 2005). "Royal Nazi Row: Prince to be Sent to Holocaust Exhibition". The Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2008.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Honorary graduates". Nottingham Trent University. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

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