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holocaust memorial day civic remembrance event
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The Leeds Town Hall civic remembrance event will commemorate the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and the subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. The keynote speaker will be the Cambodian Ambassador, Her Excellency Dr. Rathchavy SOEUNG, who will be responding to this year’s theme of ‘The Power of Words’.

The NSCD Youth Dance Company will perform their moving memorial piece ‘Shoes on the Danube’, choreographed by Tom Bowes and the dancers, which will include a film by Wayne Sables as part of the performance.

The piece is based on the sculpture Shoes on the Danube Bank. Situated on the banks of the Danube, the sculpture is a moving tribute to the innocent people who lost their lives there during WW2. The piece, featuring live dance performance and film, will tell the story of the human sacrifice endured by residents during the Nazi occupation.

The event, opened by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, will also include music performed by members of the Clothworkers Consort of Leeds, reading of the seven statements of commitments with candle lighting and a traditional Hebrew memorial prayer sung by Rudi Leavor.

Free and open to all to attend.

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