Scoop March 2010
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| + | -Friday 12th Memorialfor Ilse Bell- | ||
| + | 2pm St Thomas Church, Earlham Road | ||
| + | Ilse Bell 22/2/19224 – 31/1/2010 | ||
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| + | Peace activist, friend, great- grandmother Ilse Bell passed away peacefully on Sunday, 31 Jan, 9.35 pm surrounded by family and friends, there being little distinction between the two. | ||
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| + | Those who knew her will be left with an Ilse shaped hole, but also with the inspiration of a woman who endured losses such as nobody should ever have to deal with, and who lived out the ‘never again’ testimony by refusing bitterness, by faithful, determined and above compassionate activism for peace and justice. | ||
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| + | Ilse grew up inBreslau, Germany, which is now Wroclaw in Poland. | ||
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| + | She came to England as a Kindertransport in 1938, when child protection meant putting your child on a train and praying for their survival, when your own was unlikey. Ilse's parents persihed in the holocaust. | ||
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| + | Ilse led a very active life until age and frailty got the better of her. | ||
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| + | The involvements that I know about include: | ||
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| + | Family in UK and Canada | ||
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| + | Search for meaning, adventures in religion | ||
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| + | Teacher | ||
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| + | CND, Mothers for Peace, Mothers’ Union, Christian Aid | ||
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| + | St Thomas Church | ||
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| + | Above all, Ilse will be remembered for the loving and generous spirit she showed everyone, because of everything. | ||
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=UEA film series (Thursdays 7pm, UEA Arts Block, room 01.02)= | =UEA film series (Thursdays 7pm, UEA Arts Block, room 01.02)= | ||
