Oct 6 – 20: Hedy Epstein speaking tour: Never Again! End Israel’s Crimes against Humanity

Israel’s Deputy Defence Minister Vilnai recently threatened a ‘Holocaust’ on the people of Gaza.

Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein will be in the UK from the USA from Monday October 6 to Monday October 20 inclusive for a speaking tour on the theme of Israeli oppression of the Palestinians and the need for active solidarity.

She has visited Palestine many times:
“Israel would not be able to carry out its crimes against humanity without the United States, the world, permitting it to do so and the mass media, which, with few exceptions, dehumanises Palestinians and instils fear, ignorance and loathing of them and their culture.”

Never Again! End Israel's Crimes against Humanity

Tues 7 October GLASGOW 7.30pm
University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr Building, University Avenue
Glasgow Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign & Scottish Jews for a Just Peace

Wed 8 October EDINBURGH 5.30pm
Committee Rooms, Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Palestine

Hedy Epstein

"I was never in a camp, because of my parent's sacrifice of getting me out, so I never had the worst kind of experience that survivors have had - but I know what it's like to be discriminated against. I knew Hitler's murderous intent between 1933 and 1939, during which time my father was sent to the concentration camp called Dachau in 1938. He came back after four weeks, but he was no longer the same father that I knew, because he was an old, broken man when he came back."

"And because I know what it's like, I feel I have a duty and a responsibility to fight the injustices that happen to other people. I can't do everything, and there are problems all over the world, but I decided that the Israeli government's treatment of the Palestinian people is an issue I am going to protest against, and I will try to do whatever I can."
An Interview with Hedy Epstein, "I Was Not Prepared for the Horrors I Saw" By SILVIA CATTORI

"Hedy came to the United States in May 1948. Her only living relatives were an uncle and an aunt who had emigrated to the US in early 1938. Once here, she worked in a variety of jobs. Although she did not realize it at the time, many of those jobs were part of her quest to find her parents and her family.

Soon, Hedy became active professionally and personally in the causes of civil and human rights and social justice. Some of her causes have included fair housing, abortion rights, and antiwar activities. As a peace delegate, Hedy journeyed to Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Cambodia in 1989. Hedy visited the Israeli Occupied West Bank five times since 2003, to witness the facts on the ground. She participated in several non-violent demonstrations, together with Israelis, Palestinians & other internationals, in opposition to Israel's occupation of Palestinian land, the 25-foot high cement wall, and the demolition of Palestinian homes and olive orchards.

Hedy began speaking to audiences in 1970. Her topics include her Nazi Holocaust experiences, her work at the Nuremberg Medical Trial, and her five trips to Palestine since 2003. Equally conversant in English and German, she has spoken in the US, Germany, and Austria to audiences of schoolchildren, college students, and adults. In addition, she has appeared on several radio and television shows as a guest. She is a member of the Speakers Bureau of the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center."

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