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Radio Ulster,25 Jan 2026,57 mins
Holocaust Memorial Day, Wellbeing Economy, Vienna 1941
Sunday SequenceAvailable for 29 days
Ahead of Holocaust memorial day Audrey talks to Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner and Dr Leon Litvack about the Kaddish prayer for the dead and how it encapsulates hope and grief. We also discuss the importance of Holocaust education and the growth of anti-semitism around the world. A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman thinks of the next generation. But can our political system break out of the short term cycle of elections? Audrey talks to Sophie Howe who was the first Commissioner for Future Generations in Wales. Is it possible to have a wellbeing economy? And author Mark Scott tells the incredible story behind his new book, Transport Number 4 and how he traced the family of local man Charlie Warmington, whose mother escaped Vienna on a Kinder Transport and ended up in Millisle, County Down.
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