Holocaust Memorial Day 2010 saw the launch of a new charity in Gibraltar under the name “Learning from Auschwitz”, registered in with the Charities Commission in Gibraltar under Number 208. The charity was formed 65 years after the Auschwitz Concentration Camp was liberated.
The idea stemmed from a belief that teaching tolerance and acceptance of differences in humanity is of fundamental importance in our society. Learning from Auschwitz is based on an existing UK charity called Lessons from Auschwitz. The main difference between Learning from Auschwitz in Gibraltar and Lessons from Auschwitz in UK apart from the way it is funded, is that in UK students go on a day trip to Auschwitz/Birkenau whereas LFA Gibraltar organise a longer and more complete experience.
The Gibraltar Government Education Department wholeheartedly supports this project and facilitates our access to all Year 12 students in Westside School, Bayside School, College of Further Education and Prior Park.
Learning from Auschwitz is funded by Gibraltar Government and private donations from various Trusts, Corporations and personal sponsors, some of whom wish to remain anonymous.
The charity would like to take this opportunity to thank them once again because without them, this project could not have developed in the way that it has.
We can’t expect to change the world on our own, but we can do the best we can and pass on this message of love and acceptance. We are the proof of how important education of this kind is.