Marina's Life Story 1934-2022
2019
Live Sculpture
Frances Segelman – known for her sculptures of the Royal Family, eminent personalities and Holocaust survivors – was commissioned to live to sculpt Marina at the 24th Anniversary of the Holocaust Centre in recognition of her role as its co-founder and matriarch, making it a home for survivors and a..Read More2005
2005 – 2022
‘Retirement’ was never really a word in Marina’s lexicon, however, and she didn’t slow her work rate for a moment. Every day of every week, she would be hosting visiting survivor speakers, writing and responding to an endless flow of correspondence from supporters and associates of the Holocaust Centre, and..Read More2005
New Year’s Honours
At the turn of the year, she was recognised in the Queen’s 2005 New Year’s Honours List with an MBE for her services to Holocaust and genocide remembrance and education, and later that year she stepped down from her formal role at the Centre after ten years full-time service. “What..Read More2004
Kigali Genocide Memorial
Attending the opening of the Kigali Genocide Memorial in 2004 was one of Marina’s last such engagements as a Director of the UK National Holocaust Centre.2000
Aegis Trust
When her sons launched the Aegis Trust for Genocide Prevention in 2000, Marina was whole-heartedly behind them – and the family of survivors and peace-builders who regard her as a mother widened once again. She would welcome, with hugs and afternoon tea, such guests as the Rwandan officials who commissioned..Read More1995
The Holocaust Centre
In September 1995, The Holocaust Centre, Beth Shalom, opened its doors for the first time. Marina was its CEO and Education Director, but she was also much more than that. Described by Kindertransport Bob Rosner as “the engine in the boiler room keeping everything going”, she was in a sense..Read More1990
1990’s
Stephen pursued these questions through high school studies and then a degree in theology. Shortly after her sons went to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Marina and Eddie travelled with them to sites of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. It was shortly after that the development of Beth..Read More1981
Visit to Israel
In 1981, Marina, Eddie and their sons visited Israel to experience the Holy Land. Not as part of a package tour, but exploring Israel in their own way. Expecting to reinforce their existing Christian convictions, what they rather came away with was a better understanding of Judaism, together with some..Read More1981
