Zigi Shipper Archives

July 24, 2024, 6:29 pm

OPINION: The Commandant’s Shadow gives no easy answers but holds a glimmer of hope

Darren Richman reviews a documentary that attempts to grapple with why we are who we are in the shadow of the Holocaust

By Darren Richman

England lost to Italy in the final of Euro 2020

May 29, 2024, 12:24 pm

OPINION: Football is an irresistible addiction I will never kick

This summer, the England football team has its best chance of silverware in decades (heard that one before?!) Darren Richman waxes lyrical on Euro 2024 and what the sport means to British Jews.

By Darren Richman

Darren Richman and his grandfather Zigi Shipper. Pic: Darren Richman

January 18, 2024, 10:32 am

OPINION: A year on, we remember my beloved grandfather Zigi

'The boy from Łódź never forgot where he came from or what he’d been through'. Darren Richman marks the first year without Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper

By Darren Richman

The late Zigi Shipper with his granddaughter Emma Harrod. Pic: Darren Richman

December 18, 2023, 12:38 pm

OPINION: Another typically Zigi moment of magic, even in death

'The baby is a boy and his name is Zigi'. Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper didn't live long enough to meet his sixth great-grandson, but believed a large family was the ultimate riposte to the Nazis.

By Darren Richman

Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper stands besides his portrait in an exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, of 'Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust'. Picture date: Monday January 24, 2022.

September 13, 2023, 12:10 pm

OPINION: A Rosh Hashanah mission for the future of Holocaust education

By the time new students complete secondary school, the Holocaust will likely have moved out of living memory. We must make sure these stories continue to be told, again and again, writes Karen Pollock

By Karen Pollock

Lodz Ghetto memorial photograph, showing Zigi Shipper, foreground, touching his hand to his face. Pic: Darren Richman

September 12, 2023, 3:55 pm

OPINION: My grandfather Zigi Shipper – a lifetime defying the odds and surviving

There he was, "staring down the lens and into the future," writes Darren Richman, of the incredible moment he recognised the image of his beloved grandfather at a Lodz Ghetto monument

By Darren Richman

The author receiving a prize from former England captain Mike Gatting after winning a fielding competition at Lord's. Pic: Darren Richman

August 4, 2023, 11:06 am

OPINION: In the field of faith, Judaism and sport are one

For Darren Richman, cricket and his adored late grandfather Zigi Shipper, are intrinsically linked. They both remind him of the things we hand down and a sense of community.

By Darren Richman

July 5, 2023, 11:08 am

Opinion: Truth can be lost in darkness and this institution does an admirable job of shining a light on one of the darkest periods in human history

Darren Richman, grandson of late Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper at The Wiener Holocaust Library on it's 90th anniversary

By Darren Richman

45 AID 2023 Dinner survivors (pictured left to right) Jackie Young, Zdenka Husserl, Rachel Levy, Victor Greenberg, Mala Tribich and Harry Olmer, lit 6 memorial candles to represent the 6 million Jewish lives tragically lost during the Holocaust.
Photo John Rifkin

May 16, 2023, 4:56 pm

Holocaust survivors group holds its 78th reunion dinner

Zdenka Husserl, Rachel Levy, Jackie Young, Victor Greenberg, Mala Tribich and Harry Olmer lit six memorial candles at event for 45 Aid Society

By Jenni Frazer

Darren Richman and Barry Humphries, 2023

April 28, 2023, 12:13 pm

OPINION: What a Dame! Tribute to an honorary Jewish genius

Darren Richman on the loss of the "unfailingly charming and self-effacing" Barry Humphries

By Darren Richman

The late Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper with his grandson Darren Richman at his home in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

March 30, 2023, 3:47 pm

OPINION: My dear grandfather Zigi knew laughter is often a Jew’s best defence

Following the loss of Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper, his grandson Darren Richman writes that defiance and humour in the face of death seems a particularly Jewish coping mechanism

By Darren Richman

February 27, 2023, 11:27 am

OPINION: Zigi’s legacy: the role of future generations after the last survivor has gone

In the first in a three-part series about what he learnt from his legendary grandfather Zigi Shipper, his grandson visits the 'Seeing Auschwitz' exhibition in London - and tells the Jewish News that those who were murdered must be remembered as real people, not numbers.

By Darren Richman

Holocaust survivors Manfred Goldberg and Zigi Shipper (right) attend an exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, of 'Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust', which were commissioned by the Prince of Wales to pay tribute to Holocaust survivors. Picture date: Monday January 24, 2022.

January 27, 2023, 8:34 am

Voice of the Jewish News: Their memory in our hands

As we mark Holocaust Memorial Day, we reflect on what survivor Manfred Goldberg this week called: "The end of an era.”

By Voice of the Jewish News

Photographer Arthur Edwards with his portrait of Zigi Shipper's family

January 26, 2023, 11:27 am

‘Zigi looked at his family picture on the wall every day to celebrate his survival’

Royal photographer Arthur Edwards, who took an extraordinary portrait of Zigi Shipper's family, says the survivor, who died last week, wanted the image to show Hitler: "I survived. I won."

By Michelle Rosenberg

January 23, 2023, 5:38 pm

Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg: Dear Zigi Shipper’s death marks end of an era

Manfred shared memories of beloved friend at event for 450 guests at Edinburgh Jewish Society - on the day Zigi passed away, aged 93.

By Michelle Rosenberg

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