2021
October
Exhibition: Two Lakes, Two Countries
Visit from the former daughter-in-law of George & Edith Lauer.
Moscow Film Awards ‘The Windermere Children. Special Prize – Most Educational Potential
September
Visit by HRH, The Duchess of Cambridge with Ike Alterman and Arek Hersh
Visit and interview Radio Cumbria with Robin Frydman Schell, daughter of Gerson Frydman, a Windermere child
Visit and interview BBC News with Norman Shepherd, last survivor of the squadron that flew the children from Prague to Carlisle, together with Wendy Lambros.
August
Tom Palmer & his friend Simon, raised £7640 for LDHP by taking part in a triathlon. Sir Ben Helfgott and his son Michael were at the former site of the Calgarth Estate to greet them.
Visit with Dr Karina Urbach, a German historian and granddaughter of Alice Urbach. Alice looked after a number of Kindertransport in Windermere.
Visit to the former Kindertransport Hostel, Windermere
Talk – Cockfosters Learning Centre, Southgate
June
Talk Epping Forest District Museum
May
Antiques Road Show appearance with Theresienstadt Ghetto money.
Publication of ‘After the War’ by Tom Palmer
April
BAFTA nomination ‘The Windermere Children’
BANFF festival nomination and broadcasters ward nomination for ‘The Windermere Children’
Broadcast nomination for ‘The Windermere Children’
March
Presentation with Ike Alterman and Eleanor Green to the U.S.
Midwest through Illinois Holocaust Museum and PBS TV Broadcast
February
Talk with the United Nations
January
Holocaust Memorial Day
Interview Arek Hersh ‘The Windermere Children‘
2020
The Windermere Children Film and Documentary
Important Book Releases:
Rock the Cradle by Marie Paneth
After the War – From Auschwitz to Ambleside by Tom Palmer
2019
December
BBC 4 – Digging for Britain – Archaeological dig featured.
Ike Alterman in conversation with Trevor Avery.
November
Archaeology in the Lake District 2019 – LDNPA Rheged Conference – From Troutbeck Bridge to Treblinka.
August
Mala Tribich in conversation with Trevor Avery.
July
Archaeological dig at former site of Calgarth Estate.
May
Site visit to the filming of ‘The Windermere Children’.
Great Place, Lakes and Dales Award grant for digital workshops.
Invitation to visit to Prague & Theresienstadt and the iconic recreation of the photograph of the child Holocaust Survivors taken in August 1945.
Flight Engineer Norman Shepherd reunited with child Holocaust Survivors at 45 Aid Society Reunion.
April
Arts Council England award – Above and Below the Holocaust Landscape.
Meeting with Tony Robinson at the former Ethel Hedley Hospital, now Calgarth Park.
March
Meeting with Flight Engineer Norman Shepherd.
February
Awards for All grant – Reach over the Wall.
January
Heritage Lottery Fund Grant – From Troutbeck Bridge to Treblinka – Archaeological Survey & Dig.
Sam & Robbie Gontarz in conversation with Trevor Avery – Windermere School.
Preview Invitation – Miroslaw Balka, White Cube London.
Holocaust Memorial Day – Westminster, London.
2018
November
Sam Gontarz in conversation with Trevor Avery.
Knighthood for Sir Ben Helfgott, MBE – one of the child Holocaust Survivors who stayed in the Lake District in 1945.
Open Country – BBC Radio 4.
October
The Lakes with Paul Rose BBC2 – including interviews with Arek Hersh and Trevor Avery, Director of the Lake District Holocaust Project.
Visit from the Presenter and Producer Helen Mark and Nicola Humphries to record ‘Open Country‘, BBC Radio 4, ‘The Windermere Boys‘ and included conversations with Trevor Avery, Sam Laskier, Ike Alterman and Kevin Coulter.
September
Presented Awards to the Winners of the Alfred Huberman Writing Award 2018.
August
‘Who Do You Think You Are’, BBC One with Robert (Judge) Rinder.
July
Commemorative Jewish Culture Event, Windermere and Hawkshead.
Interview BBC Radio Cumbria.
Arek & Jean Hersh in conversation with students, The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge.
Preview ‘The Lakes with Paul Rose’.
June
Visit by MA students, Department of Holocaust Studies, University of London.
May
45 Aid Society 73rd Reunion, London.
April
Yom Hashoah Manchester, with Sam Laskier, Sam Gontarz and families.
February
Visit by ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ to record a conversation with Robert (Judge) Rinder and Trevor Avery.
Heritage Lottery Fund Conference, Carlisle.
Visit by 100 students, Chetwynde School, Barrow-in Furness.
January
Talk by Trevor Avery to the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle.
First ‘Button Count’ The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge.
Holocaust Memorial Day event, St Annes Hebrew Congregation, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire.
Holocaust Memorial Day event at Cumbria County Council, Carlisle with Arek & Jean Hersh.
2017
September
Visit by Miroslaw Balka and Preview Exhibition ‘yromem’.
July
Presentation of Alfred Huberman Writing Awards.
Visit by Ulverston Primary School.
Paul Rose BBC, visiting the Lakes School to film ‘The Lake District with Paul Rose’ and interview with Trevor Avery, Director Lake District Holocaust Project and Arek Hersh.
Opening of ‘Hidden Threads’ exhibition – Heather Belcher.
June
Preview ‘In Harmony’.
May
Opening of ‘In Harmony’ exhibition – Arza Helfgott.
Visit to Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester with Heather Belcher.
72nd Reunion ’45 Aid Society’, London.
April
Opening of ‘The Auschwitz Dandelion’ exhibition.
March
Visit by Barrow Furness Academy.
January
Holocaust Memorial Day, The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge.
2016
October
Visit to Warsaw: Miroslaw Balka’s studios and Treblinka.
September
Preview ‘Breath Becomes Air’ exhibition – Ian Walton.
July
Trevor Avery, Director of LDHP, receives a British Empire Medal for Services to Heritage.
Visit to Fraunhofer Institute, University of Munster & Dr Dirk Pruefer.
June
Preview ‘The Memory Quilt – 45 Aid Society.
Visit to Menorrah Synagogue, Manchester
71st Reunion 45 Aid Society.
April
Visit to Holocaust Survivors Centre, London.
February
Visit to Alfred Huberman home and workshop, Brighton.
Visit by Barrow Furness Academy.
January
Holocaust Memorial Day – Launch of Alfred Huberman Writing Award at The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge.
2015
December
Visit to Jewish Museum London and meeting with Holocaust Commission.
August
Reunion of Holocaust Survivors in Windermere to commemorate the 70th Anniversary
Guests included the Survivors and their families, Sir Eric Pickles, Cumbria County Council & South Lakes District Council Councillors, and invited guests.
Preview & Opening of ‘Nacht und Nebel’ and ‘Towards the Light’ – Miroslaw Balka
Preview & Opening of ‘Flowers of Auschwitz’ – Trevor Avery & Rose Smith.
Planting & Commemoration of Oak Tree by Sir Ben Helfgott, MBE at The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge.
July
Site Visit by Miroslaw Balka.
June
Preview & Opening of ‘Digging for Diamonds : From Calgarth to Windermere‘.
Planting of commemorative garden by primary school students.
April
Visit to Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau & Rajsko.
January
Holocaust Memorial Day – Service at Birdcage, Kendal
Piano Recital with film – Anthony Hewitt, Town Hall Kendal.
Publication of the Government’s Holocaust Commission Report – referencing The Lake District Holocaust Project.
Visit by Sir Ben Helfgott, MBE, to present the Holocaust Memorial Candle designed by Anish Kapoor.
2014
July
Attended the ceremony for an Honorary Fellowship for Sir Ben Helfgott, MBE at the University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
Music performance by Local Schools in Library Gardens, Windermere – Organised by Music Links.
June
‘Portraits of Posterity’ exhibition, Windermere.
May
Consultation event and gathering of Holocaust Survivors, Wembley London to discuss future memorialisation of the Holocaust.
April
‘Flight from Prague’ exhibition, Windermere.
Consultation event organised by Holocaust Commission, IWM North, Manchester.
March
Submission of material to the Holocaust Commission.
January
Launch of Holocaust Commission by David Cameron.
Service at the Bird Cage, Kendal, commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day
Exhibition Town Hall Kendal.
2013
November
‘The Story of the Swastika‘ – ITV.
Opening and Preview ‘The Paradise Route’, Exhibition.
September
Opening and Preview with talk by Sir Ben Helfgott, MBE – the ‘Janusz Korczak’ exhibition.
July
Mala Tribich, Holocaust Survivor arrives for a tour of the Lake District.
June
Susan Stein from New York gives a performance of ‘Etty’ at Settlebeck School, Sedbergh.
May
LDHP Exhibition at 68th Reunion – 45 Aid Society – London.