PR: Holocaust Memorial Day 2010
Lancaster welcomes Sir Claus Moser for Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration 2010.
Sir Claus Moser, a leading statistician who has made major contributions in both education and the arts, will speak at this year’s Holocaust Memorial Commemoration on the evening of January 28th at the Town Hall in Lancaster and visit Morecambe High School in the afternoon.
Born in November 1922 in Berlin, Claus Moser moved to England with his parents in 1936. Despite being Jewish, in 1940 he was interned as an enemy alien in Huyton camp before being released and joining the Royal Air Force. In 1967 Harold Wilson appointed him Director of the Central Statistical Office.
This year marks the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz – Birkenhau. Funded by Celebr8, NCBI Lancashire has organised a number of events to commemorate the occasion. On January 28th at 6.30pm there will be a candlelighting commemoration in the Peace Garden at Lancaster Town Hall, followed at 7.15 by a celebration co-ordinated by More Music in the Town Hall.