Children to learn about Holocaust

A Holocaust exhibition specially designed for children is set to open in a Nottinghamshire village.

"The Journey" exhibition at the Holocaust Centre in Laxton near Newark features stories from Jews who survived the Holocaust as children.

The owners of the centre also have plans for survivors to visit to tell groups of children their stories about the Holocaust.

The £750,000 exhibition was paid for the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Early issues

Stephen Smith, director of the Holocaust Centre, said: "This exhibition offers a child a chance to learn about the experiences under the Nazis of children just like themselves.

"Teachers have been saying to us that it's OK coming to the Holocaust Centre with pupils who are in their mid-teens but issues around racism and exclusion begin really early on in children's experiences."

Maria Miller, shadow minister for families, will attend the official opening of the exhibition on Monday.

The centre opened in 1995 and houses a permanent exhibition about the Nazi persecution of Jews.

It is set in memorial gardens where hundreds of people have planted white roses in memory of friends and family who died in the Holocaust.