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01-03-2008, 02:25 PM
| | |  Potter stars donate items to Holocaust memorial artwork (UPDATED)
Dan Radcliffe and Stephen Fry have donated items to a Holocaust memorial artwork. Dan donated a pair of his glasses, and Fry has donated a pair of spectacles also to the Respectacles project.
The display is part of Liverpool’s month of events leading up to Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27th which will be spearheaded by Jason Isaacs who will lead a commemorative ceremony at the Philharmonic Hall. More than a thousand pairs of glasses have been collected, with the public being invited to add to the collection before the unveiling on January 21st. Quote:
Sending the glasses, Mr Radcliffe, whose mother is Jewish, said: “Please find enclosed my first pair of glasses which I wore at school, around age six. I also enclosed my glasses case. I wish you every success with the exhibition.”
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Lord Mayor of Liverpool Cllr Paul Clark, who has also donated, said: “It is a wonderful gesture by Daniel. His glasses will form part of a symbolic piece of artwork which will help people to learn how important it is to never forget the horrors of the Holocaust."
Source: UHP UPDATE: A picture of the glasses and the note can be seen below.   | |
01-03-2008, 02:44 PM
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| | Puffskein
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I was beyond words when reading this.. This shows what a great person
Daniel is.. So we all will never forget what happened during those horrible years
I really did not know how else to write this.
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01-03-2008, 03:23 PM
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| | Imp
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Originally Posted by Hermione67  I was beyond words when reading this.. This shows what a great person
Daniel is.. So we all will never forget what happened during those horrible years I so agree
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01-03-2008, 04:10 PM
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| | Bundimun
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This just goes to show you the type of man Dan really is, regardless of his nationality or religoin. GO DAN
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01-03-2008, 04:22 PM
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| | Jarvey
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Great job Dan! I'm so glad he doesn't just turn the other cheek...we could all learn a thing or two from him  | |
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01-03-2008, 04:34 PM
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| | Welsh Green
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Hahaha and this is a news item on a web-site whose members habitually shorten its name to "SS". Oh, great stuff!
To be a bit more serious and on topic:
Very good idea by them. Wouldn't hurt other celebrities, either, to show a little backbone in that direction. At least in my opinion.
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01-03-2008, 05:11 PM
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01-03-2008, 05:21 PM
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| | Puffskein
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aack...the Holocaust...that day is the saddest day of the year! Well, one of the sddest days... its nice that their donating...this year with the long beep thing, i will not only think about dead people, i will also think about potter starts donating stuf...and harry potter reminds me of people who dye...so, it brings me back to the same place! My dad thinks that the seventh harry potter book was like the holocaust thouhg, interesting, no?
dan is half jewish!!??!!!idnt know that!!! YAY!!!!
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01-03-2008, 05:54 PM
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That is so nice of Dan to do. Such a great person! They both are.
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01-03-2008, 06:34 PM
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01-03-2008, 07:18 PM
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That's very sweet of him ^^
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they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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01-03-2008, 07:30 PM
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| | Swedish Short-Snout
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This is a very moving and honorable thing. It's very inspiring to hear about Dan doing something like this.
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01-03-2008, 09:13 PM
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| | Mackled Malaclaw
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I didin't know Dan wears glasases
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01-03-2008, 09:54 PM
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| | Ashwinder
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They're his mother's glasses, aren't they? That's phrased a bit confusingly. That's quite nice though  | |
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01-03-2008, 09:54 PM
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| | Chizpurfle
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That was so nice of Dan. See thats what I mean. He is just so nice and giving. I really think other actors and actresses should learn something from him. He is so nice and noble. Good for you Dan to donate.
I didn't know he wore glasses.
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01-03-2008, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Antarctica! on a web-site whose members habitually shorten its name to "SS". Oh, great stuff!
I have always wondered about the name. I suspect no one gets it.
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01-03-2008, 10:57 PM
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| | Welsh Green
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^ Well it obviously doesn't mean anything here. (Or so I hope.) But I acknowledge the historic importance; and seeing as you hang out in the German sub-forum, you are no doubt aware of it as well.
Not that there's any point to all of this 
It just was a moment of devious joy for me to point out this bitter-sweet irony.
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01-03-2008, 10:59 PM
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01-03-2008, 11:42 PM
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I have always wondered about the name. I suspect no one gets it.
I would hope most people do. But it's called a coincidence. Quote:
They're his mother's glasses, aren't they?
No, they were his.
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01-04-2008, 01:38 AM
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| | Puffskein
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[QUOTE=EmmaRiddle;6060403]I would hope most people do. But it's called a coincidence.
*Wonders briefly if anyone else thinks his scar in the movies bears a tad too much of a resemblance to certain SS cap & collar designs as well* BUT ENOUGH OF THAT
*Sobbing heavily* I don't think I could be prouder of Dan than I am right now. For years I've been a heavy supporter of Holocaust Remembrance and the Shoah; to see Dan giving this piece of himself, this memory...brings me to the preserved camps where barracks full of eyeglasses that used to belong to people still stand. I never knew his mother was Jewish. I wonder if she lost any family to Hitlermort and his Death EaterSS. (I am in NO WAY belittiling anything when I refer to them as that. JK couldn't have picked a better metaphor for the face of tyranny in her books if she tried)
NEVER AGAIN
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That's sooooo nice of them!
Let's hope those horrible things never happen again!
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01-04-2008, 06:12 AM
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01-04-2008, 06:34 AM
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| | Chizpurfle
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yo know reading that and knowing dan took his time to donat and everything for a good cause, and tht that type of thing never happens agan makes me have tears in my eyes. go dan. you do have your hear in the rught place.
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01-04-2008, 10:08 PM
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| | Dugbog
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Aw good Job Dan. I am glad you donated to the Memorial. Dan you are my hero and my role model. I love you Dan!!
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01-04-2008, 11:38 PM
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Yes, that is very good. I am glad he donated those. Very good, Dan.
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