Butterfly Project 2012

10 February 2012

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As part of BRGS' continued committment to Holocaust Education, Year 9 have taken part in Houston Museum's Butterfly Project.

Students from all over the world have participated in the creation of 1.5 million butterflies to act as a memorial to the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust.

As part of this, Year 9 have each created their own butterfly which is a memorial to one child researched from the Yad Vashem memorial database.

In addition BRGS have also created a permanent memorial within school in the form of a butterfly. Students, staff as well as Holocaust survivor Rudi Oppenheimer have all signed the butterfly in commemoration of victims of the Holocaust.

It is now on permanent display in our school hall.

Pavel Friedman, June 4, 1942

Rudi Oppenheimer is pictured signing our butterfly.

Author Sophie McKenzie signed the butterfly when she visited BRGS.