Time witnesses : Memories of the last century

	Moderator - Tom Holloway (tom@holloways.org)	Memories of the last century
	Video link		"Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it" *George Santayana*
		Many of the young people who lived during World War Two are still alive. Time has healed the wounds on both sides, but some of those survivors want to be sure that the lessons of the past will be learned by a new generation. We invite you to share these extraordinary stories of ordinary people. Schools may download them and use them as source material in classroom discussions about the events of those years.
	Food	The panel is often asked to provide information about wartime rations and recipes in Britain. You will find some recipes here, but remember that food rationing during the war gave us a much healthier diet than we now have -- you can click here or on the Ration Book (right) to find out more about that. Remember also, that many millions of others suffered real starvation and hardship and so you will also find information about rations in Slave Labour camps and other extremes of hardship.
	Information	The project started in January 1994 and will continue until it no longer serves its purpose. We would also like children everywhere to ask Senior Citizens who were alive during those years to tell their impressions and experiences and for students to send them to our discussion list. For further information please write to me, Tom Holloway
	Links to other sites	We are in regular contact with the Arbeitsgruppe Zeitzeugen des Seniorenstudiums of Leipzig University, who have contributed several stories to our pages. Students of Doshisha International High School in Kyoto, Japan have interviewed their grandparents about events during World War Two Information about the D-Day landings in June 1944, complete with maps, a photo-gallery and descriptions, can be found on Tim Roop's website.

This version dated 24th March 2009 - Tom Holloway