DIFFERENT faiths came together to remember those lost in the Holocaust in honour of a woman who died last year.
Over 150 people, including church ministers and rabbis, attended an event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day at St Mary’s Church, in Hendon Lane, Finchley.
The event, which was organised by Lynn Radnedge chairman of the Finchley Council of Christians, was held in memory of Holocaust survivor and parishoner Erika Maylam, who died a few years ago.
Ms Maylam came to England in 1939 on the Kindertransport which bought thousands of Jewish refugee children from Nazi Germany to England during the Second World War.
Her sister, Giselle Meir, who also arrived on the Kindertransport, is still a member of the church today.
Ms Radnedge said: “Before she died a few years ago, Erika spoke movingly at one of our services about the events which led to her sisters being rescued after their Christian mother was taken to Ravensbruck Concentration camp after refusing to divorce her Jewish husband.
“The service is now conducted in Erika's memory.”
The theme of the evening was ‘don’t’ stand by’ to encourage people not to make the mistakes of the past by standing by while others suffer.
There were performances from dancers at the Finchley Reform Synagogue and a group of Jewish and Hindu girls recited poems called ‘Butterfly Bridgres’.
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