Harry Olmer MBE is a 97 year old survivor of Plaszow, Buchenwald and much more. As a child he survived against all odds. Over 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, including the majority of Harry's family.

Harry was one of only a few hundred children (‘the boys’) who could be found to be brought to England after liberation, to somehow begin life again. 1,000 children were permitted entry to the UK but so few children survived that they were unable to reach that quota. Harry was one of those 732 children. He recuperated at Windermere until going on to make a life for himself in the UK. His story is critically important and must never be forgotten.

Voices of the Holocaust has been blessed to be invited to undertake this work by Harry and his family and we want to be able to get to work on this important new project as soon as possible. This funding will allow us to do that. Anything that you feel able to donate to help us undertake the research, the development and, ultimately, production of Harry's play would be incredibly gratefully received.

The unprecedented success of our current work - 'Kindness' - the largely verbatim play about our dear friend Susan Pollack OBE has been seen by over 30,000 to date . It has proven to schools, the public as well as the Holocaust education and academic communities that Voices' pedagogy and underpinning principles lead to a powerful means to sustain Holocaust survivors' voices and testimonies in schools and communities as we approach the legacy era.

'Kindness' has been taken to schools across the country, to public venues, conferences, Westminster, with HET, to NCHM (Beth Shalom), to JW3, all the while both moving and engaging audiences with these important stories and essential understandings. We now work in partnership with the AJR, Generation2Generation, MacIntyre and are developing partnerships with Yad Vashem UK and the 45 Aid Society who are delighted to be involved in this project. We sincerely hope that you will be too and we look forward to sharing the journey with you; by donating YOU become part of our journey and Harry's legacy. In so doing, YOU are saying that these stories must never be forgotten but learnt from for all time. From us all - a very sincere thankyou.

A STATEMENT FROM HARRY'S GRANDCHILDREN:

"Our grandfather Harry's story is one which cannot be described in very few words. It is one which will always captivate and provide inspiration every time it is told. It is not only a story of survival, but also a story of perseverance and dedication to one's faith. His story has been told in many forms; on TV, in writing as well as countless testimonies our Grandfather has done throughout the years with the IWM, BBC etc. His work has inspired hundreds if not thousands of people to study the events of the Holocaust and allow them to continue to preserve the memory of the 6 million and more Jewish people who perished at the hands of the Nazis.

Voices of the Holocaust have worked with survivors before to tell their experiences in the Shoah. They use the medium of theatre to captivate audiences young and old in educating them on the horrors of what went on not just only in the camps, but in life before and after the war. Voices of the Holocaust have added the feeling of reality to these productions that any movie or book just cannot express. We have full confidence in them that they will transform Harry’s story into what we can only describe as a work of art on stage. We, as his grandchildren, see this as a continuation of his legacy and his story living on hopefully through countless generations. Our wish is that our grandfather's story will continue to educate and inform future generations on the horrors and injustice of the Holocaust. Carrying over his legacy is a tough task in itself, but to carry it over with the same passion he has had when speaking it, will be even more of a challenge.

Our source of inspiration and motivation has always been rooted in his story; because even in his darkest times in the camps, he always said the Shema prayer before he went to sleep. Harry has always proven that even when you are suffering the most, you always stick to your foundation of belief and hope. We hope that the Voices of the Holocaust can make these emotions come to life and are looking forward to seeing the new shape that Harry's story will take to educate and engage thousands more and for years to come."