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January
26, 2006
Burnham and Highbridge Mayor leads special
Holocaust Day service
![Rev Robin Lodge, Eric Gill and Gilli Kenyon-Gill during the ceremony [Photo: Mike Lang]](holocaust-day-06a.jpg)
Dozens
of local people gathered besides the Frank Foley Statue in Highbridge
on Friday to mark World Holocaust Day.
Organised
by the Highbridge Memorial Trust, the ceremony in Market Street
was attended by various local dignataries including Burnham and
Highbridge Mayor Eric Gill and Mayoress Gilli Kenyon-Gill.
![John Curtis gave a short sermon before laying his stone on the statue [Photo: Mike Lang]](holocaust-day-06b.jpg) Several
minutes of silent prayer were held at mid-day to remember the
Jews who died in World War II and also to remember the work of
Frank Foley, the Highbridge-born war hero who saved the lives
of thousands of Jews.
Frank
Foley helped Jews escape from Germany before the start of World
War II by giving them visas to flee the country.
The
Vicar of Highbridge, Rev Robin Lodge, led a short service at the
site and John Curtis gave a short sermon before laying a stone
on the statue.
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