Marking Holocaust Memorial Day in Tunbridge Wells

Local organiser Anne Krisman Goldstein welcomed the group of around 70 people  who had gathered to witness the commemoration and she spoke about Ordinary People, the theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2023.

The Mayor, Godfrey Bland, then spoke movingly of the importance of ensuring horrors like the Holocaust are never repeated before laying a wreath of lilies in memory of all who have perished in genocides.

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