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Janine Webber
Janine was born in Lvov, Poland in 1932. All of her immediate
family died in separate, horrifying circumstances during the
Holocaust, leaving Janine traumatised, alone and unsure of her
identity. After remaining in hiding for a year, where she only
had enough room to sit or lie, Janine lost the use of her legs.
She was subsequently sent to a convent where she understood
that in order to survive she would need to hide her Jewish
identity. Janine continues to tell her inspirational story of
survival to school children.
Zlata Filipovic
As a child, Zlata was caught up in the Bosnian war of the early
1990s. Zlata became known for her diary which she started
writing aged 11. What started out as an every day account of
a young girl in Sarajevo, changed when the war spread. Zlata
wrote of her fear during bombing, hiding in a cellar, the gradual
disintegration of life in a city without food, electricity or water
and worst of all, the death of her best friend in a bomb attack.
News agencies and media outlets labelled her the “Anne Frank
of Sarajevo” although unlike Anne Frank, Zlata and her family
survived the war and were evacuated to Paris in 1993. Zlata
has spoken extensively at schools and universities around the
world about her experiences and has collaborated with many
organisations including the Anne Frank House.
Grace Idowu
Grace’s son David was just 14 years old when he was murdered in
June 2008. He was viciously stabbed by 16 year old Elijah Dayoni,
while playing football in a park close to his home in Southwark,
south London. A few days after he was stabbed, David had been
due to speak at a public debating competition against knife and
gun culture. Since his death, Grace has visited schools, prisons
and young offenders’ institutions to raise awareness of the
consequences of violent crime and hostility. Grace has said “we
will never recover from the loss and from witnessing the pain our
son endured”.
Guest performer
Natasha Marsh
World renowned
operatic soprano
Natasha Marsh graduated
at 21 with a first in music
and drama, from Birmingham
University, and won a coveted
scholarship to the Royal College
of Music. With many critically
acclaimed performances under her
belt, and a highly respected soprano
within the opera world, Natasha wanted to
expand on her experiences and in Summer
2006 she recorded her debut album ‘Amour’,
which hit the top of the Classical Chart. This
cemented Natasha as one of the most exciting classically trained singers that
the UK has celebrated for over a decade.
Natasha tours the UK and Europe extensively. She glides seamlessly from recording
artist to enchanting opera goers around the world.
Guest speaker Michael Gove
Michael Gove was born in Edinburgh in 1967. He was educated
at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen and Oxford University.
He enjoyed a fifteen year career in journalism, mainly at The Times
newspaper, where he was Assistant Editor.
Michael was first elected as Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath
in May 2005. He served as Shadow Minister for Housing & Planning
and in 2007 became Shadow Secretary of State for Children,
Schools & Families. Following the General
Election in May 2010, he was appointed
Secretary of State for Education.
He is married to Sarah Vine, a
journalist at The Times, and they
have two children.
Despite everything,
I believe that people are
really good at heart.
– Anne Frank
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