--- title: "Holocaust Survivor Visit" url: "https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/news/2019-06-19-holocaust-survivor-visit" school: "Kirkham Grammar School" --- - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/kirkhamgrammarschool) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/user/KirkhamGrammar) - [Linked In](https://www.linkedin.com/school/kirkham-grammar-school) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kirkhamgrammar) - [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kgsphotos/) - [Search](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/search) # Holocaust Survivor Visit 19 June 2019 ![Image of Holocaust Survivor Visit](https://files.schudio.com/kirkham-grammar-school/images/news/IMG_2116.JPG) This morning, Kirkham Grammar School were privileged to be visited by Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines MBE, who was one of the 669 predominantly Jewish children evacuated from Prague on one of eight Kindertransport trains. These were organised by Sir Nicholas Winton MBE. She captivated our Sixth Form and Third and Fourth Year pupils for over an hour, speaking through her testimony of her pre-war life and how lucky she felt to be alive and eventually reunite with her family. She spoke about the importance of being politically active and ensuring that injustices are fought. Only yesterday she had been protesting in Westminster about the treatment of orphaned refugee children in Greece. Lady Milena has been integral with the development of The Valediction Memorial at Prague’s main railway station. The students were shocked to hear that it has recently been vandalised in an anti-Semitic attack. This highlighted to all present the value of Holocaust education and the importance of not just standing by. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ― Edmund Burke. “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.'” - George Santayana. The [**Kirkham Grammar School**](https://www.facebook.com/kirkhamgrammarschool/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARAW7a3o3_e5fKt9khWqNk6tk2PyJ1g_-nL_lZbPcnWSZ3hMZR_lCEqezQoJixYbsWq878vme4YAMI35&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBmAwSm5-CGadKdVbvXFGKTpzwmYaJrSwwAFLstTILeoa0u24KgsMRkebyPBFmcItQ8dhnLCMRNgD00UYR3bUyVMn5pRocbs7R2ZTcxhDdl8LIPlxK2ISCxHerYOlvMtTfRTNwV3JA0blICnjSuD5kUgKiua_1xaYCU7Z-prTanoBYCKIhunn_4DLiGKSfxPzsHriG-geajHXJGGzlXfhiizX-7gTf-1U69oEh4Cukcal0NFhebYzmtpIURWkRSfv8PRTSAHdZmlf68a8EwuKxzSGyF3YLZhpPtNntzPl8pUBdL6fGppc6QtaC3IFYvb55G3-DpGDGnpPNbMqzIlQ4rIA) and the RPE Department would like to thank Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines for her time this morning. She was an inspiration and hopefully provided the pupils with a personal, human account of the Holocaust. [Embedded content](https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fkirkhamgrammarschool%2Fposts%2F2795735253834412&width=500) **Tags:** [2018-2019](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/news/tag/2018-2019) - [ previous](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/news/2019-06-17-hockey-flag-bearers) - [next ](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/news/2019-06-21-kgs-athletics-regional-finals) - [Mission Statement](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/about-us/mission-statement) - [Latest News](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/news) - [History of KGS](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/about-us/history) - [Location & Community](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/about-us/location) - [Term Dates](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/about-us/termdates) - [Statutory Information](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/about-us/statutory-information) - [School Policies](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/about-us/policy-documents) - [Calendar](https://calendar.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/week.aspx?ID=158) - [The Kirkhamian](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/news-1/the-kirkhamian) - [The Friends of KGS](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/thefriends-of-kgs) - [Old Kirkhamians' Association](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/old-kirkhamians-association) - [Hire of Facilities](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/about-us/hire-of-facilities) - [Vacancies](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/vacancies/our-vacancies) ## Kirkham Grammar School ## Kirkham Grammar Junior, Infant & Pre-School Ribby Rd Kirkham Preston Lancashire PR4 2BH Tel: **01772 684264** Email: Ribby Road Kirkham Preston Lancashire PR4 2BD Tel: **01772 673222** Email: [![HMC Leading Independent Schools](https://files.schudio.com/kirkham-grammar-school/images/partners/hmc.png)](https://www.hmc.org.uk/)[![Boarding Schools' Association](https://files.schudio.com/kirkham-grammar-school/images/partners/bsa.png)](http://www.boarding.org.uk/) © Copyright 2019–2026 Kirkham Grammar School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)