LESSONS learnt from the horrors of the holocaust will be remembered at a Herefordshire school for years to come thanks to the planting of a birch tree.
The tree which has a plaque engraved ‘Always remember; never forget.’ was planted at Lady Hawkins School in Kington by sixth form students Rosa Smith and Kate Bree.
The pair have been taking part in the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz Project’ meeting academics and survivors of the Holocaust before visiting the site of the former Nazi death camp with expert guides.
As part of the project, the students are then encouraged to share their ‘lessons’ with their local community.
Rosa and Kate chose to plant a birch – symbolic of Auschwitz-Birkenau - to remember those killed in the Holocaust.
The pair were joined by staff and students at the school and Kington Town Council were represented by Deputy Mayor Bob Widdowson and Councillor Chris Forrester.
Rosa and Kate read moving poems about the holocaust and it was expressed the importance of the birch tree memorial to help current and future generations of students and members of Kington community to not only remember the horrors of the past but to show a commitment to learn the lessons from our past.
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