1. Holocaust Memorial Day
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Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day is on
27 January every year
For 2018, the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day
is The power of words

2. Darfur in Sudan Letters and postcards
Think about and discuss letters you have received:
Discuss:
What do these letters have in common?

3. Darfur in Sudan Renie Inow Renie was born in Germany in 1932.
How many years ago was that?
She lived with her mother, father, brother and sister.
Renie was the youngest in the family.
She and her family were Jewish.
That means that they follow the religion of Judaism.

4. Being Jewish Darfur in Sudan What other religions do you know about?
The Jewish religion is over 3,500 years old.
By Velvet - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
The Star of David –
A symbol of Judaism
The holy book is called the Torah.
Jewish people worship in buildings
called Synagogues.
Jewish spiritual leaders are called Rabbis.
By Urek Meniashvili (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
What other religions do you know about?

5. Where is the UK? Where is Germany?
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Where is the UK? Where is Germany?
Check your answers on the
next slide

6. Did you get it right?
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7. Darfur in Sudan The Nazis
85 years ago a man called Adolf Hitler was the leader of the
Nazi Party in Germany.
The Nazis believed that people who were Jewish were to blame for
Germany’s problems, and weren’t as good as German people.
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-S33882 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de,

8. What was the Kindertransport?
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The Kindertransport
When Renie was ten years old she travelled from Germany to Britain.
What was the Kindertransport?
Travelling without her family was scary, but Renie was very brave.
She made this journey, because her parents realised that Germany was not a safe country for
Jewish people to live in anymore, and they wanted her to be safe.
They were right to do this, and not long after Renie got to Britain, war broke out.
Take a guess:
How many children do you think were rescued
on the Kindertransport programme?

9. Darfur in Sudan The Kindertransport
The Kindertransport ran between November 1938 and September  
Around10,000 children, most of whom were Jewish, were sent from their homes and families in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain.
Families had to pay £50 for their child to come to Britain.
Children could take one small suitcase with them.
When they arrived they lived with British families.
By Sandrine Z (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons

10. Darfur in Sudan Renie Inow This is an illustration of Renie created
in She is holding photographs
of her parents.
She was drawn by a young artist
Called Gideon Summerfield.
He drew her using a biro pen.

11. Darfur in Sudan Renie’s letters
Renie and her parents sent each other many letters
between England and Germany between 1939 and 1941.
Renie has kept these letters for her whole life. They are
very precious to her.

12. Write a postcard to Renie
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Write a postcard to Renie
You now have an opportunity to write a postcard to Renie yourselves!
How are you going to use the power of your words for good in your message to her?