An Austrian student who has spent a year working with Holocaust survivors in Britain says the experience has made “a huge impact” on him.
Philipp Engel, 19, has finished his stint with the London Jewish Cultural Centre's Holocaust and anti-racism education department as part of the Gedenkdienst (servants to memory) scheme.
Run in conjunction with the Austrian Commemorative Service, the scheme sends 20 young Austrians to work for a year at sites related to Holocaust education, as an alternative to compulsory national service.
Mr Engel, who has stayed in London to study European social and political studies at UCL, said it had been “amazing to work with the survivors. I’m so touched that I was able to meet these people. Their attitude towards life impressed me so much.
