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28.01.2020 10:46

Принц Уилям и Кейт Мидълтън почетоха вчерашния Ден в памет на жертвите на националсоциализма, а малко преди това херцогинята на Кеймбридж сподели и свои авторски портрети на оцелели след Холокоста.

Двойката посети служба в Уестминстър, която отбеляза 75-годишнината от освобождаването на концлагера Аушвиц-Биркенау. Ден по-рано от Кенсингтън разпространиха два кадъра, заснети от Кейт, които ще станат част от изложба по на Тръста на Деня в памет на Холокоста, Jewish News и Кралското фотографско общество.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today attended the UK #HolocaustMemorialDay Commemorative Ceremony at Central Hall in Westminster. Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and honours victims and survivors of the Holocaust, Nazi persecution, and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Throughout the Holocaust, many people risked their lives to help others. During the ceremony, The Duke read an extract from a letter written about his great-grandmother, Princess Alice, which described how she helped hide her Jewish friends, the Cohens, in her home. During the service, 75 candles of remembrance were lit to represent the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust. After the ceremony, The Duke and Duchess spoke to Holocaust survivors, and survivors of genocides which have happened since.

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На първата от тях е мъж на име Стивън Франк, единственият оцелял от Вестерборк заедно с двамата си братя, който тук позира със своите внучки Маги и Трикси.

Ивон Бърнстайн, укривала се във Франция като дете, е героинята от втория портрет, а пред обектива застава и внучката ѝ Клоуи.

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As part of the commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, The Duchess of Cambridge has taken photographs of two Holocaust survivors with their grandchildren. The first photograph features Steven Frank with his granddaughters, Maggie and Trixie. Alongside his mother and brothers, Steven was sent to Westerbork transit camp then to Theresienstadt. Steven and his brothers were 3 of only 93 children who survived the camp - 15,000 children were sent there. The Duchess also photographed Yvonne Bernstein with her granddaughter Chloe. Yvonne was a hidden child in France, travelling in the care of her aunt and uncle and frequently changing homes and names. The Duchess said: “I wanted to make the portraits deeply personal to Yvonne and Steven – a celebration of family and the life that they have built since they both arrived in Britain in the 1940s. The families brought items of personal significance with them which are included in the photographs. It was a true honour to have been asked to participate in this project and I hope in some way Yvonne and Steven’s memories will be kept alive as they pass the baton to the next generation.” The portraits will form part of a new exhibition opening later this year by @holocaustmemorialdaytrust, Jewish News and @royalphotographicsociety , which will feature 75 images of survivors and their family members. The exhibition will honour the victims of the Holocaust and celebrate the full lives that survivors have built in the UK, whilst inspiring people to consider their own responsibility to remember and share the stories of those who endured Nazi persecution. Portraits ©The Duchess of Cambridge

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Джъстин Коен, редактор в Jewish News, споделя, че работата за херцогинята не е била само „насочи и кликни“, а в деня на фотосесията Кейт Мидълтън е прекарала два часа и половина с гостите, за да ги опознае преди да направи техни портрети.

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Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay, which takes place each year on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and honours survivors of the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution, and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Earlier this month, The Duchess of Cambridge met two Holocaust survivors, Steven Frank and Yvonne Bernstein, as she took photographs for a project by @holocaustmemorialdaytrust, Jewish News and @royalphotographicsociety to mark 75 years since the end of the Holocaust. The Duchess’s photographs will be included in an exhibition of 75 images of survivors and their family members, which will open later this year. “The harrowing atrocities of the Holocaust, which were caused by the most unthinkable evil, will forever lay heavy in our hearts. Yet it is so often through the most unimaginable adversity that the most remarkable people flourish. Despite unbelievable trauma at the start of their lives, Yvonne Bernstein and Steven Frank are two of the most life-affirming people that I have had the privilege to meet. They look back on their experiences with sadness but also with gratitude that they were some of the lucky few to make it through. Their stories will stay with me forever.” – The Duchess of Cambridge Photographs © Kensington Palace

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„Въпреки невероятната травма в началото на живота си Ивон Бърнстайн и Стивън Франк са двама от най-жизнеутвърждаващите хора, които съм имала привилегията да срещна“, казва Кейт в изявление и допълва: „Техните истории ще останат с мен завинаги.“

Двамата герои от снимките на херцогинята присъстваха и на службата в Уестминстър, а принц Уилям и Кейт Мидълтън се запознаха и с още оцелели. От сцената херцогът на Кеймбридж отдаде чест на своята прабаба принцеса Алис, като сподели в речта си, че тя е укривала майка и дъщеря евреи в своя гръцки дом въпреки опасността.

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