80 Candles Memorial Quilt: Names

For participants, picking just one person out of the millions of Jews and others who suffered under Nazi persecution, is a little overwhelming. Some came to the project knowing who they wanted to honour, family members or those spotlighted in films and T.V. programs. Others have gone out and researched someone they don’t have any previous knowledge of, finding connections through hobbies, work, faith etc. The 80 represented are:

Name	Participant Name	Reason for Selection
Row 1
Sonja Jaslowitz	Laura Burrill	Sonja embroidered a belt during incarceration, using textiles as a method of coping, communication and resistance. This really resonates with my artistic practice.
Arek Hersh MBE	Sue Leese	I watched the program on the Windermere Children, a place I love. Then went to listen to Arek speak at The National Holocaust Center & Museum this year.
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch	Jane Baker	Music is a big part of my family’s life, so I wanted to research further about the relationship between music and the Holocaust.
Bracha Kohut	Jean Davis	Bracha’s bravery was incredible, and, under similar circumstances, I wonder if I could have survived as she did?
Stanislaw Leszczyńska	Meg Davies	I used to be a Midwife and nurse, Stanislaw was a Polish Midwife who delivered 3,000 babies in Auschwitz, earning her the nickname “Mother”.
Andra & Tatiana Bucci	Margaret Lowndes
Felice Schragenheim	Sarah Cross
Elie Wiesel	Janet Ireland	In 1960 Elie wrote about his experiences in his book ‘night’ so all could be aware of the horror and brutality of the camps. Oprah Winfrey said of Night ‘should be required reading for all humanity. I like to write a daily diary, so this spoke to me.
Row 2
Hanah Senesh (Szenes)	Sue Smith	I have always loved the beautiful song Eli Eli. Hannah’s extraordinary courage and determination are an inspiration.
Elizabeth Lichtenstein	Patricia Fielding	I chose Elisabeth Lichtenstein because she was living in Vrutky,Slovakia a railway town where I lived for two years. This enabled me to identify the streets and the synagogue and the railway station where she started her long and hard journey. Researching this woman made me think about all the horrors she experienced and the chance moments that she believes saved her from the gas chambers of Auschwitz.
Yosef Spangeilet	Mike Sacker	Yosef was my great, great grandfather. his son Zelig had moved to London and never returned to Poland. Zelig kept some of Josef’s letters including the notification of his mother’s death but didn’t say much to his daughter Bertha. When bertha moved to an old people’s home, my mum Frances found some letters. My wife Eve translated them, and we were able to piece together a little of his story.
Zeftal Spangeilet	Eve Sacker	Zelig was my husband’s great grandfather. He rarely spoke about his Polish family, and we found out about them when his daughter moved into an old people’s home and some Yiddish letters were discovered. I translated them and the stories were heard again for the first time in decades. I wanted to show that our family still remembers Zeftal and her family.
Reginy Spangeilet	Ya’el Sacker	Reginy Spangeilet was my great-grandmother’s cousin. They both shared the Hebrew religious name Rivkah, as does my sister Adi. Stories like hers, of ordinary people, are often lost to history. I wanted her story to be remembered.
Reuben Fortang	Adi Sacker	Each of us in our family have made a square to remember this branch of my family. In all there are 4 squares that represent 4 generations of the Spangeliet/Schwartz/Fortang family. Reuben was the youngest and i am the youngest too.
Alf Dubs	Susie Brighouse	Alf Dubs was an easy choice for me, as I knew of him as Battersea MP and his work in support of refugees, when I lived in south London in 1980/90s and I was quite politically involved.
Susanne Lang	Naomi Feldman	Susanne was my friend, Rolf Lang’s half-sister who died in Auschwitz 20.10.35. Her mother refused to leave her and so also died.
Row 3
Margaret Peretz Becker	Naomi Feldman
Viktor Frankl	Michele Jackson	While studying for my counselling course his book was on my reading list. it had a huge impact on me.
Hedy Klein	Gillian Wilkinson	I was inspired by her memory book.
Ellen Rawson	Jackie Stewart	I feel like she just got on with life as it was delt to her.
Fanni Kranz	Mark Bowyer	Fanni was my great Grandmother
Franczeska Pfalmer	Mark Bowyer	Franczeska was my great Aunt
Rudolph Vrba	Naomi Feldman	His determination, bravery and incredible memory for the detail of the extermination of Jews in Auschwitz.
Helene Melanie Lebel	Clare Sales	I chose Helene as a representative of those killed by the Nazis for being ‘imperfect’. i look around at some of my friends and family members who have ‘invisible disabilities’ and think about how in different times it could have been them.
Row 4
Wladyslaw Tadeusz Surmacki	Paula Kniveton
Renée Firestone	Laura Burrill	I studied fashion & textiles design at university. Renée’s story of survival and later career as an American fashion designer in the 60s is inspiring and her designs really fabulous.
Judith Kerr	Isobel Burrill	Judith Kerr wrote some of my favorite Children’s books, The Tiger That Came to Tea & the Mog cat stories.
Georges Charpak	Evalyn Burrill	I love science and am interested in becoming a Physicist when I finish school. Georges Charpak was Polish-born French physicist who served in the resistance. He worked at CERN and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Kitty Brunner	Irene Trelfall	In the children’s possessions recorded at the National Memorial Centre are a pair of earrings that could have belonged to either of the sisters. I have made earrings to sell and raise money to travel to South Korea. The Brunner girls did not survive into teenage years, to have the same opportunity to travel. Stitched on to the squares are a pair of matching earrings.
Ava Brunner	Beth Threlfall	In the children’s possessions recorded at the National Memorial Centre are a pair of earrings that could have belonged to either of the sisters. My daughter Irene has made earrings to sell and raise money to travel to South Korea. The Brunner girls did not survive into teenage years, to have the same opportunity to travel. Stitched on to the squares are a pair of matching earrings.
The Veseli Family	Steven Burrill	The Veseli family took in two Jewish families risking their life. As a family we were inspired by this story and wonder if we would be brave and selfless enough to do the same thing in the same situation?
Those killed by the Einsatzgruppe	Sally Lewis
Row 5
Marianne Grant	Diane Warburton	Marianne was an inspirational Artist who wrote about her life in ‘Painting for my Life’. I really enjoyed this book.
Frida Weller	Sarah Weller Sheffield	We share a name.
To the children who died in the camps, but never had their names recorded.	Lisa Matthews	The Holocaust not only destroyed the lives of individuals, it destroyed communities, structured life, and a rich culture that has never been recreated. The light of these lost children may have been extinguished, we may not have names to grieve, but we can hold the love in our hearts that we feel for our children and share it so that the flame of remembrance burns brightly.
Rebecca ‘Becky’ Teitlbaum	Valerie Burrill	Belgian Jewish woman who secretly wrote a mini family cookbook during incarceration. I enjoy cooking and have a cookbook passed down from my grandmother that my granddaughters love looking at.
Mala Kacenberg (nee Szorer)	Laura Burrill	Mala survived in part because of her guardian angel cat ‘Malach’. I love cats and really enjoyed Mala’s memoir with its sprinkling of magic / divine intervention.
Adolf Lang	Rolf Lang	Adolf Lang was my paternal grandfather and was murdered in Theresienstadt in 1942.
Recha & David Peritz	Teresa Gorecka	Recha & David Peritz were my husband’s maternal grandparents Recha and David Peritz, who perished in Auschwitz.
Rebecca ‘Rely’ Levy	Chrissie Thomas	Initially name related, via a family connection to the name, then moved by her story.
Row 6
Eve Kugler	Rowen Brooks	I chose Eve because she has done so much to educate others about the Holocaust and I was drawn by the warmth of her smile. One thing Eve remembered was pressing pansies and buttercups between the pages of her copy book. I chose to include pansies and buttercups in the square because to me they symbolize the beauty and fragility of life.
Anna Maria ‘Settela’ Steinbeck	Ellie Brooks	Anna was a young Dutch Romani girl (the girl in the headscarf) captured on film by Jewish prisoner Rudolf Breslauer. By sharing her name, I hope she will be remembered as a real person not just as a photo.
Henry Oster	Sophie Baker	I have a love of animals and read his book, his story stood out to me and touched me.
Helen & Pearl Herskovic	Sara Cooksey	I have twins.
Wolf Friedman	Rachel Jeffrey-Walker
Val Ginsberg	Janet Durham	I chose this person as my great grandparents from Lithuania, escaped the troubled times and fled to England.
The undocumented	Janet Ireland	In this project there are many individuals remembered. I thought it equally important to remember those who were killed and have no one to tell their story.
Hana Brady	Patricia Feilding	I chose Hana Brady because I had the book ‘Hana’s Suitcase’ by Karen Levine. I was saddened by her story; Hana’s life was happy and carefree before the war and it was destroyed by racial intolerance. I also knew about the art work and poetry from Terezin. I visited the Pinkas Synagogue in Prague where the name of those murdered are on the walls.
Row 7
Gerhard Gerrard	Sue Smith	My brother-in-law’s father. He and his wife and children escaped from Europe and settled within the U.K.
Anne Frank	Marsha Ragsdell	The first book I read which helped me connect with my Jewish history.
Raymonde Palivoda / Solastiouk	Polly Laurence	Raymonde came into my life as an au-pair when she was in her 20s. She is now in her 80s.
Kathe Leichter	Peach Hoyle
Henny Schermann	Jenny Anthony	I want to make sure gay/lesbian and trans people are represented.
Ala Gartner	Cathy Birch	Because she fought back.
Sophie Scholl	Maureen Elliott
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis	Carol Hughes	As an artist myself who works in various mediums, I found Fredi’s work really interesting. She gave up so much and helped children in a horrific situation by teaching them art.
Row 8
Richard Jenne	Charlotte Arnold	As a parent of a child with a severe disability I was particularly drawn to Richards story. It is horrifying to think about how disabled people were treated as less deserving of life. I think about my own son and how vulnerable and trusting he is.
Arika Monash	Susie Johns / Jo Soper	For her determination not to leave her mother and represent all those killed in villages towns and cities in unmarked mass graves.
Ruth Matejovska	Debbie Moss	Ruth is the child in my magical realist story book Angel’s Teeth. She was in Terezin camp and survived with her parents.
KA-TZETNIK 135633	Richard C. Bower	I have chosen this person to commemorate, and to write this special accompanying poem on, as there seems to be little research or testimonies to be found around the aforementioned existence of brothels and prostitution – my piece thus will help raise awareness of such and hopefully encourage some kind of dialogue on the subject.
Gideon Klein	Chris Miggells	I am a Pianist and composer like Gideon. He bravely created and wrote music in the face of evil which was smuggled out of Auschwitz.
Simon Winston	Dennis Judson / Chris Caunt	Simon settled in Nottingham after the war and is a supporter of Nottingham Forest where we work.
Chajm Nagelsztajn	Mike Nagelsztajn	Chajm was my father, born in Hrobieszow, Poland. He was sent to Majdanek camp at the age of 14, then Auschwitz and then Ebensee, a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria.
Ruth Schwiening	Jill Robinson	I have worked closely with Ruth and admire her kindness, devotion to Jurgen and artistic talent. Ruth works in glass to symbolise the fragility of life. She is a beloved friend who shoes strength and valour to all life throws at her.
Row 9
Victoria Ancoma-Vincent	Shamea Lee	Victoria was one of the first survivors to speak at the Holocaust Centre when it opened in 1995. She passed away exactly a year later.
Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg	Leonie Edgell	It is thought that over a million people are alive today thanks to him.
Bernard Grunberg (and his family)	Katie Chennells	Bernard has no immediate family left to commemorate him after he passed away. I have just finished cataloguing all his testimony for the centre and want to honor his name.
Liesel Carter	Miley Tungate	I found it interesting how she managed to travel completely alone at 4 years old and all she had was her doll and her pram.
Susanne Pearson	Ella Tomblin	I have chosen Susanne because she was young when the war started and probably didn’t expect to step onto the Kindertransport and to never see her parent again. I can’t imagine how I would have reacted if this happened to me.
LGTBQ community	George Taylor	Representing the LGBT community was important to me because they still face discrimination and hatred today.
Jack Hellman	Ruth Webber	As a mother, I can’t begin to imagine having to be parted from my children just to escape persecution. Jack was brave beyond his years, but the imagery of the bear that was one of his few possessions depicts what he really was – still a child.
Frederika Dicker-Brandeis	Anne Beadsmoore	Art has always been my safe space. You lose yourself when you paint and I love that Friedl gave that escape to children.
Row 10
Olga Lengyel	Tracy Butcher	Olga witnessed cruel experiments on prisoners from German officers. She was a brave nurse, comforting patients, caring for them after surgery, putting her own life a risk.
Lee Miller	Alison Livesley	I wanted to commemorate the photographer Lee Miller who was the only female war photographer (she travelled with the US forces).  She photographed the camps at Buchenwald and Dachau and made sure the atrocities were known about all over the world.
Walter Kammerling	Alice Burns	I chose to honour him, and through him the many people who continue to work to keep humanity eternally reminded of the evil that we allow to be done by not standing up, in whatever way we can, and saying ‘Not in my name’.
Moritz Plaumer	Mark Bowyer
Irene Zisblatt	Laura Burrill	Irene appeared in the Oscar winning documentary ‘The Last Days’. Her description of her experience and what it felt like to be dehumanised is harrowing.
Primo Levi	Laura Burrill & Susie Brighouse	Laura: This was the last square stitched for the project. Susie was really keen for Primo to be added. I was struck by his experience and wanted to capture the mountains to reference his resistance fighting and the lone figure to capture some of the loneliness and isolation. Susie: I was amazed to read his life story and particularly that he said, ‘his experience of Auschwitz has caused him to become a writer’, having spent most of his life as a Chemist. I love Laura’s interpretation of embroidering his experience in the mountains as a resistance fighter. For me it also represents his mountain of writing, particularly his uniquely personal story telling of Auschwitz, which many have commented on and been inspired to write about it, including a play and film!
The six million	Steve Kis	I decided to dedicate my piece for the 6 million Jewish Holocaust victims, including the unknown victims as well, and kindly remind people of the 6 million lost Jewish lives. May their memory be for a blessing.
The Spitzer Family	Katalin Szeppelfeld Kis	My Grandparents neighbour.