Holocaust exhibition for children

A Holocaust exhibition specially designed for primary school children is to open in Nottinghamshire.

"The Journey" exhibition at the Holocaust Centre in Laxton is being funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and the Association of Jewish Refugees.

It due to open in September and is thought to be nationally the first permanent Holocaust exhibition aimed at such a young age group.

Centre spokesman David Brown said it focused on the youngsters who escaped.

"It is a very emotional and upsetting subject and for young children obviously we won't be approaching this by trying for example to talk about the gas chambers or the full horrors of the Final Solution.

"But rather the idea is to take them on a journey, the experience of the children who were able to flee Nazi Germany as part of the Kindertransport," he said.