Harry Potter star gives away his first specs
Saturday, 5 January 2008
Daniel Radcliffe has donated his spectacles to a Holocaust exhibition.
The Harry Potter star, 18, has given his first specs to the RESPECtacles project.
The glasses wlll used in a an artwork installation to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January.
'Please find enclosed my first pair of glasses, which I wore at school at 6,' a note attached to the grey metal-paired frames reads.
Daniel's mum is Jewish.
The RESPECtacles display will be on show at Liverpool Town Hall from January 21 to 26.
'It is a wonderful gesture by Daniel,' says Lord Mayor of Liverpool Paul Clark.
Other celebrities who have donated specs incude Yoko Ono, Stephen Fry, Jerry Springer, Paul O’Grady and Ronnie Corbett.
More than 1,000 pairs have now collected in total.
The image of stacks of mangled pairs of glasses acts as a stark reminder of number of lives lost during the horror of the Holocaust.
After the exhibition, the glasses will be sent via Vision Aid Overseas to those with poor eyesight in the developing world.
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