Hephzibah Rudofsky, 14.6.2026 I come from a family who kept things. My grandmother preserved objects, letters and photographs; my mother carefully kept papers and family records; my father was a collector. Looking back, perhaps it was inevitable that I would develop my own version of the same instinct: to document, preserve and make sense of stories, details and experiences I wanted to remember. What began as a simple habit of record-keeping has gradually become an integral p

Memory, loss and resilience in the 80th year since the liberation of Bergen-Belsen: Hephzibah Rudofsky shares her personal experience of the commemorations at Bergen-Belsen, where her mother was interned during the Holocaust: In spring earlier this year, I found myself walking, for the second time, through Bergen-Belsen, a place that had haunted my mother’s childhood and, by extension, shaped my own. She was just eight and a half when she arrived there in January 1944, along

Hephzibah Rudofsky, whose mother and grandmother survived Belsen concentration camp Credit: Ilia Yefimovich ‘In an age of Holocaust denial, this is extraordinary proof’: The one-woman archive of Belsen’s atrocities - Article from The Telegraph If there is anyone who seeks to deny the enormity or depths of depravity of the Holocaust, they should perhaps pay a visit to the north London home of Hephzibah Rudofsky. There they will find a one-of-a-kind, one-woman archive of the re

In October 2024, Hephzibah was honoured to speak at Tate Britain as part of the Our Local Heroes exhibition, an event run and arranged by the charity Uniting Friends. The exhibition celebrated influential figures from the local area, showcasing the impact of individuals such as Winston Churchill, William Morris, Alfred Hitchcock, Grayson Perry, Isaac Harvey MBE, Stormzy, and more. Hephzibah’s participation highlighted her contributions to the community and her dedication to m