Meet Holocaust Survivor: Simon Winston BEM

What’s it like to be forced to hide from the Nazis in a pigsty as a child? To have your life saved by a scrubbing brush? And eventually, to become a Nottingham Forest supporter in a wonderful new country he is proud to call home?

Simon Winston tells his story.

Book now to hear Simon’s powerful story, to ask him questions and to see the poignant sculpture dedicated in our beautiful gardens to Simon’s hidden childhood.

About Us

The National Holocaust Museum has two permanent Museum exhibitions including our The Holocaust exhibition and, ‘The Journey’ which re-opened 2025 after a £2m upgrade supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Suitable for children aged 9+ The Journey traces the steps of a 10-year-old German Jewish boy on a journey from his happy childhood in 1938 Berlin, to a new life in England on a Kindertransport rescue train. The Museum also has beautiful memorial gardens and a coffeeshop serving light lunches and sweet treats.

Details

• Admission costs - £10 adult, £9 concession, Children 8-16 £7.50, Family £30.
• General admission tickets valid for one year of unlimited return visits.
• Special event tickets an additional £5pp or £3.50 per child

Book now to meet Simon Winston 20th July 2025, 1:00pm – 2:300pm:

https://www.holocaust.org.uk/Event/meet-the-holocaust-survivor-qa-with-simon-winston-bem

Summer 2025 full events schedule:

https://www.holocaust.org.uk/whats-on