The college has a tradition of commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day in a variety of ways. This year, working with the Chaplaincy, a group of our students visited HOME, in Manchester. Student Megan Auld takes up the story:

“On Holocaust Memorial Day I had the opportunity to go to HOME in Manchester with a group of people from college for a commemoration ceremony. At the event we watched some short films about the Holocaust and discussed them with an expert, Kay Andrews.

 

I was fortunate enough to be chosen to read a poem, Pastor Martin Niemoller’s ‘Then They Came’:

First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me

There was a marvellous response to the reading; it was a very thought-provoking experience and I hope to continue working with the Holocaust Memorial Day trust.”