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The Holocaust Centre celebrated its 13th Anniversary in September 2008.
When it opened in September 1995, it was Britain’s first dedicated Holocaust Memorial and Education Centre. It was called Beth Shalom, the place of peace.
It soon became a place of education, a place of memory, a place of testimony, a place of art, a place of academia, and much more besides.
The Centre was created in the grounds of a former farmhouse, in the village of Laxton on the edge of Sherwood Forest in North Nottinghamshire. The surrounding countryside provides a peaceful setting and the Centre itself is set in two acres of beautiful landscaped gardens.
The Centre provides a range of facilities for people of all backgrounds and persuasions to explore the history and implications of the Holocaust. It houses a permanent exhibition on the Nazi period and offers space for reflection in the memorial rose gardens. There are also seminar and research facilities used by students, teachers, scholars, professionals and many others. The Centre is open to the general public.
Visitors from around the UK and further afield come to learn, to remember and to reflect upon the Holocaust and its consequences for our world.
“What better place to reflect on the chaos and inhumanity in the world?”
Stephen Adutt
“The beauty, peace and tranquillity is like a tonic…”
Trudy Murray
Of the Berlin street: “At this point, I felt things really clicked into place and the children began to understand day-to-day life for Jews.” The carriage was engaging and poignant; children really got to see what happened in reality, but in a sensitive way.” “The home was atmospheric and children got a real feel for life in Germany in the 1930s.”
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