Kara Farrar and Patricia Owino visited one of the most infamous concentration camps of the Second World War after joining a Holocaust Education Trust initiative.
Kara and Patricia, who are pupils at Fulneck School in Pudsey, gleaned an insight into pre-war Jewish life and also heard the testimony of a Holocaust survivor through the Lessons from Auschwitz project, ahead of the trip to Poland where they visited the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Fulneck School Principal Deborah Newman said: “For Kara and Patricia, the visit to Auschwitz was something that will live with them for the rest of their lives.
“Now the pair have attended their follow up seminar, they will share their experiences with their peers and lead discussions on the wider implications of racism and bullying because of ethnicity, race and gender.”
Last November, pupils from Fulneck Junior School acted as guides for a travelling Anne Frank exhibition, when it stopped at the school during a nationwide tour.
The students’ independent school played host to the 30 panel Anne Frank: A History For Today display – provided by the Anne Frank Trust – which was visited by a number of local schools from the area.
Every year more than 30,000 young people in the UK benefit from the Anne Frank Trust’s educational programmes.
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