AS YOU can appreciate, the talk that Holocaust survivor, Rudi Oppenheimer gave to the students at Chafford Hundred cannot be distilled down to ten minutes.
Tina Adams, Teacher at Chafford Hundred Campus, said:
“It is a privilege for us to welcome Rudi Oppenheimer to our school and his testimony will remain a powerful reminder for our students of the horrors so many experienced.
The testimony enabled students to better understand the nature of the Holocaust and to explore its lessons in more depth. The visit is part of the Holocaust Educational Trust’s extensive all year round Outreach Programme, which is available to schools across the UK.
The defendant had pleaded not guilty to maliciously wounding Egil Larsen, who was under the influence of alcohol at the time. Humphrys recalled that he heard somebody trying to get into his front door while searchlights were in action and aircraft overhead. Humphrys got his shotgun and challenged the man, who was Larsen.
Thirty-five members of the Royal Artillery Historical Society and friends of the Firepower Museum in Woolwich visited the borough’s two ancient forts on Wednesday (16 June).
It also makes you wonder. Where are all the young men in Thurrock, who went and fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sadly, we all know of Aveley's Nicky Mason, who died in Afghanistan but there must be hundreds of other young men, who have returned. Where are they? Who are they? How are they?.....
SoSkAn, the Southern Skirmish Association, is the oldest American Civil War Re-enacting Society outside of the United States, and is now in it's 41st year. In this time the Association has performed in many and varied venues around Britain, the continent and the USA.
IF YOU go down to Belhus Woods this weekend, you may well find hundreds of american civil war enthusiasts re-enacting the Battle of Gettysburg and other key parts of the war.
