'Being the daughter of a survivor has been challenging'

Thousands of children were transported to safety on the Kindertransport ahead of World War Two

A woman from West Sussex who lost 50 relatives in the Holocaust has spoken of how a visit to the site of a concentration camp "damaged me psychologically".

Clare Apel, of Chichester District Council, leads the Chichester Marks Holocaust Memorial Day group, which is hosting three performances of opera The Last Train to Tomorrow at the Minerva Theatre on Monday and Tuesday.

Local children will join the performance, telling the story of the Kindertransport rescue trains, which brought 10,000 Jewish children to London.

Ms Apel told BBC Radio Sussex that her cousin was one of those children saved by the Kindertransport.

She said her organisation works to educate future generations.

"We did workshops and films which we showed to 200 schoolchildren, and always afterwards they are incredibly moved and feel they want to learn more about it," she said.

But she added: "Being the daughter of a survivor has been challenging.

"I've been to Dachau. My uncle died in Dachau and one experience of a concentration camp damaged me psychologically.

"I know too much about the misery that was created. I'll never forget it but I don't need it punched in my eyes."

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