Overview
Hello my name is Tasha Smith and I'm the project officer for the Second World War and Holocaust partnership program, led by Imperial War Museums and generously supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The partnership is made up of eight cultural heritage organizations across the UK including museums and a university. Over the next three years they will be working with diverse communities to explore local stories related to the Second World War and the Holocaust.
our partners will be working with local communities to create exciting, innovative public engagement and digital activities. These will include filmmaking, programs to support temporary exhibitions, and creating digital content to explore these important histories and their connections to our lives today.
Each partner will also employ a digital intern for up to one year to support their activities. This is a really exciting opportunity to showcase your digital skills, develop new skills and be part of a high
profile national project. You don't need to have any previous experience of working in a museum, just lots of enthusiasm. So if you're interested in joining the partnership as a digital intern, look out for the roles as they're advertised on the Second World War and
Holocaust partnership page on IWM's website.
We're also creating a touring digital installation. IWM has commissioned four writers to create a series of stories related to the Second World War and the Holocaust, which will be recorded in immersive sound. Visitors can access the stories through the installation which will tour partner venues across the UK in 2022. The digital stories will also be available on IWM and partners websites.
we hope to see you and your family at IWM London when the new Second World War and Holocaust galleries open in autumn 2021. For more information about the partnership visit IWM's website where you can find out about partner activities near you and apply for the
digital internships.
Alongside the opening of new Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries in 2021, IWM’s Second World War and Holocaust Partnership Programme (SWWHPP) will support eight cultural heritage partners across the UK to engage with new audiences and share hidden or lesser-known, local stories related to these histories.
Over the next three years, the SWWHPP will establish a Digital Internship, support skills development in Partner organisations and facilitate loans of IWM’s rich collection across the UK in support of digital and community-based events co-produced with local people and creative artists.
What's New?
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© Tyne & Wear Archives & MuseumsTyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Our project will prompt local communities to share stories of their female relatives’ and BAMER (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and Refugee) experiences of the Second World War to expand understanding of people’s experiences on Tyneside. We will be digitising large amounts of material in our museum collection which will be available to people exploring their family history.
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© The National Holocaust Centre and MuseumThe National Holocaust Centre and Museum
NHCM communicates the memory of the Holocaust for a contemporary purpose: to cultivate ‘Upstanders’ against hate and persecution. Our project will develop a responsive dialogue between the Centre and ‘under-heard’ audiences which draws on disruptive and engaging narratives to consider new and challenging perspectives. A critical theme will be our responsibility to how we listen and use testimony. Our focus will be on the co-creation of innovative and powerful experiences through ‘The Listening Project’.
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© Manchester Jewish MuseumManchester Jewish Museum
Our project will uncover lesser-known stories from the Holocaust, working with our young Creative Activists group who will connect with diverse local communities to share lessons learned from these stories to help make a positive difference in the world. We will be exploring how performative and artistic responses to the commemoration of the Holocaust can lead to deeper engagement and understanding as well as changing behaviours and attitudes.
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© Brian Pinsent 1939Centre for the Movement of People at Aberystwyth University
As part of SWWHPP, the Centre for the Movement of People at Aberystwyth University will explore the stories of refugees from National Socialism who fled to this area in a project called 'Refugees from National Socialism in Wales'. Led by Dr Andrea Hammel the project will engage with community groups to explore lessons for today's society and learn more about the experiences of refugees past and present in Wales.
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© Museum of Cornish LifeCornwall Museums Partnership
The Museum of Cornish Life at Helston and Bodmin Keep Army Museum are working together to explore diverse aspects of life in the County during the Second World War and to connect these stories to what’s happening in people’s lives today. The project will involve local residents in both towns and the rural community, families, and people living in a care setting.
Find out more: Bodmin Keep Army Museum >
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© National Museums NINational Museums NI
In Northern Ireland the stories of the Second World War are relatively hidden in comparison with those of the First World War. Working with a network of partners and communities, National Museums NI will use this project to give a platform - through both online and offline resources - to hidden stories and collections relating to Second World War heritage in Northern Ireland.
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© Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship AssociationHolocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association
HSFA will work with local communities to create digital interactive art that reflects on the lived experiences of Holocaust survivors and their families in the North of England. We will explore their present lives and attempt to reflect on the personal impact of COVID-19 and explore connections with forms of marginalisation.
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Industrial Museums ScotlandIndustrial Museums Scotland
Working in partnership with our members in Fife and Dumfries & Galloway at the Scottish Fisheries Museum and the Devil’s Porridge Museum, our project will work with communities to identify themes and stories relating to the Second World War.
Though the venues are separate by hundreds of miles, both communities have common themes, including women’s work and the importance of the coast.
Find out more about the Scottish Fisheries Museum.
Discover more about Devil’s Porridge.
Discover more about IWM Partnerships at the Partnerships Blog.
Digital Internships
Each SWWHPP Partner is recruiting a paid Digital Intern to support the development of digital resources and activities, co-produced with local people and creative artists, which explore local stories related to the Second World War and Holocaust.
Interns will build knowledge of museums and the cultural sector, while gaining real life experience in a creative environment. Training will be provided on how museums work and the role of digital in the cultural sector, as well opportunities to learn from sector leading staff across the Partnership.
The SWWHPP is generously funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund
