| Main Performers | Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr William Temple (Presiding),
Moderator of the Free Church Council, Dr John S Whale,
Roman Catholic Bishop Auxiliary of Westminster, Dr D Mathew,
Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, Dr J H Hertz - speakers |
| Set List | Message from British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill,
Message from Polish Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief, General Sikorski,
Message from Czechoslovakian Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Jan Masaryk,
Address (Dr Temple),
Messages from the Churches - Moderator of the Free Church Council, Dr John S Whale; Roman Catholic Bishop Auxiliary of Westminster, Dr D Mathew,
Message from Colonel Walter Elliot MP,
Message from Viscount Cecil of Chelwood |
| Performance Notes | An event condemning Nazi persecution of Jews (The Holocaust).
"MESSAGES OF HOPE SENT TO MARTYRED JEWS.
MR CHURCHILL PROMISES END OF RACIAL PERSECUTION.
Messages of hope for the tormented Jews in German-occupied Europe will pass from mouth to mouth through concentration camps and ghettos in the coming weeks.
They were launched on their long journey through underground channels at the Albert Hall last night by spokesmen of the Governments of the United Nations and leaders of British Christendom. The occasion was a demonstration of protest against Nazi atrocities...
The first message sent on its way was from Mr Churchill. It was as follows:
"The systematic cruelties to which Jewish people, men, women, and children, have been exposed under the Nazi regime are amongst the most terrible events of history and place an indelible stain upon all who perpetrate and instigate them.
Free men and women denounce these evil crimes, and when this world struggle ends with the enthronement of human rights, racial persecution will be ended."
...Dr H.H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, returned thanks on behalf of the 6,000,000 Jews of Europe who, he said, were suffering torture and death from "Hitler's sadistic hell-hounds.""
(The Daily Telegraph, 30 October 1942) |