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Holocaust Survivor Speaks up for Palestine in Shrewsbury on 14 October

Shropshire Palestine Talks | 10.10.2008 15:26 | Anti-racism | Palestine | Repression | Birmingham

Survivor of the Nazi Holocaust and human rights activist, Hedy Epstein will be give a talk in Shrewsbury on Tuesday 14 October entitled 'Never again - end Israel's war crimes' about her support for Palestine. Part of a tour of UK and Ireland. Venue: Darwin Community Centre, Frankwell, Shrewsbury at 7.30 pm, admission £3. Light refreshments, wine, stalls, all proceeds to charity.

Hedy Epstein in Edinburgh on 6 October
Hedy Epstein in Edinburgh on 6 October

Settler graffiti in Hebron, Palestine
Settler graffiti in Hebron, Palestine


Hedy Epstein, an American Jew who escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport, is to give a public talk about the injustice of the Israeli government’s treatment of the Palestinian people.

Having lost her family in occupied Europe to the Nazis, for being Jewish, in the 1940s, and having recently experienced physical abuse herself from Israel’s security services, for supporting the occupied Palestinians, Hedy feels uniquely qualified to take a robust line on Israel’s policies in Palestine.

Hedy, now in her eighties and working as a human rights activist, is visiting the UK on a two-week speaking tour organised by Scottish PSC  http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/content/view/2288/434/ to publicise the need to support the Palestinians in their quest for justice.

There will be time for discussion after the talk. Free car parking is available at Halls auctioneers (next door) just over Welsh Bridge from Shrewsbury Town Centre.

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Mirian Walton and Alan Goater
Shropshire Palestine Talks

 Shropshire-palestine-talks@hotmail.com

More information and background to the Hedy Epstein tour, can be found at:

 http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/content/view/2288/434/

Read about Hedy at:

 http://www.hedyepstein.com/abouthedy/vv and  http://www.hedyepstein.com/

Shropshire Palestine Talks
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