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Lighting memorial candles at 45 Aid Reunion dinner May 2026 — five survivors from left Arek Hersh, Mala Tribich, Jackie Young, Rachel Levy, Jan Goldberger, and two Second Gen Mark Frydenberg and Judi Roth Gary Perlmutter Photography
May 5, 2026, 1:12 pm
Matt Lucas speaks out on Tube confrontation: ‘I still believe innately in the goodness of people in Britain’
The comedian, together with TV presenter and barrister Rob Rinder, hosted spoke at the 81st anniversary of the 45 Aid Society
By Jenni Frazer
Havant Borough Council mayor Councillor Munazza Faiz
January 27, 2026, 5:34 pm
Hampshire mayor randomly inflates Holocaust death toll to 12 million and erases Jews from memorial
Labour councillor Munazza Faiz's false statement on Holocaust Memorial Day branded “an insult to victims and survivors”
By Michelle Rosenberg
Windermere Children memorial garden unveiled. Pic: photographybyward.co.uk
August 18, 2025, 12:28 pm
Windermere Boys mark 80 years since arrival with memorial garden
Arek Hersh, Harry Olmer, Jackie Young and Bela Millan were brought to the Lake District after being liberated from concentration camps
By Michelle Rosenberg
Rob Rinder, Ed Balls, and Susannah Reid dancing at the '45 Aid society reunion in 2025 Pic: John Rifkin
May 5, 2025, 6:18 pm
Rob Rinder and Susanna Reid dance with Holocaust survivors at ‘triumph of joy’ reunion
Yvette Cooper hails The Boys as 'cherished and vital part of our history' as 600 survivors and their relatives join UK event marking 80 years since liberation.
By Jewish News Reporter
(l-r: Jackie Young, Harry Olmer, Joanna Millan, Mala Tribich Rachel Levy and Zdenka Husserl, plus members of the 3nd generation), lighting 6 memorial candles to represent the 6 million Jewish lives tragically lost during the Holocaust. 45 Aid 2024 Dinner 13486 Photo John Rifkin
May 20, 2024, 1:17 pm
Teacher helps deaf pupils to learn about Holocaust
45 Aid Society's annual event celebrates survivors and their families
By Jenni Frazer
Robert Rinder was overwhelmed to meet Sir Ben Helfgott at Schlieben, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, where his grandfather was a forced labourer during the Second World War.
June 16, 2023, 1:04 pm
Rob Rinder’s heartfelt tribute to Sir Ben Helfgott: “His memory and legacy must live in each and every one of us”
The TV star and lawyer met the Holocaust survivor and educator, a close friend of his grandfather Morris Malenicky, for the first time at Schlieben, Buchenwald where both men were both forced to endure hard labour
By Michelle Rosenberg
45 AID 2023 Dinner survivors (pictured left to right) Jackie Young, Zdenka Husserl, Rachel Levy, Victor Greenberg, Mala Tribich and Harry Olmer, lit 6 memorial candles to represent the 6 million Jewish lives tragically lost during the Holocaust. Photo John Rifkin
May 16, 2023, 4:56 pm
Holocaust survivors group holds its 78th reunion dinner
Zdenka Husserl, Rachel Levy, Jackie Young, Victor Greenberg, Mala Tribich and Harry Olmer lit six memorial candles at event for 45 Aid Society
By Jenni Frazer
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
March 15, 2023, 4:28 pm
‘Vast majority’ of Holocaust survivors back Westminster memorial, says Sir Ben Helfgott
"There is no obligation on those of us who survived the Holocaust to share identical opinions on all issues," says Shoah iconic survivor and president of the 45 Aid Society
By Lee Harpin
Rob Rinder MBE and Angela Cohen MBE (Chairman of the '45 Aid Society) next to the '45 Aid Society Memory Quilts at the Loughton Boys exhibition at Epping Forest District Museum on Sunday 5th September (credit: Melissa Page)
October 7, 2021, 10:08 am
‘Learning my father’s Shoah testimony years later was almost cathartic’
Angela Cohen, the chair of the 45 Aid Society and daughter of one of the Boys, speaks about visiting Yad Vashem and discovering her father's testimony
By Jenni Frazer
(l to r) Sir Ben Helfgott, Jan Goldberger and Harry Spiro pictured at a lunch inside Holmehurst, the original Loughton hostel, now a privately owned residence owned by Wendy and Richard Higgins, who opened up their home to a group of 80 members of the '45 Aid Society, including the 3 Loughton Boys and their families as well as other Boys and local dignitaries (credit: Melissa Page)
September 6, 2021, 10:29 am
A celebration of survival: ‘We had each other, we were each other’s family’
Beloved survivors Harry Spiro, Sir Ben Helfgott and Janek Goldberger were joined by families of the other 'Loughton Boys' at an emotional reunion organised by the 45 Aid Society.
By Jenni Frazer
Holocaust survivors featured in Matt Writtle's book, Portraits for Posterity, which is published on 16 November
November 13, 2020, 11:47 am
Faces of survival
Photographer Matt Writtle commemorates 101 Holocaust survivors in his new book, Portraits For Posterity
By Francine Wolfisz
The Boys and their relatives recreate a Prague photo last year.
May 12, 2020, 2:50 pm
Families of the Boys feature in 45 Aid Society reunion video
'Tonight we would have eaten, we would have drunk and we would have soaked the atmosphere of this wonderful unique family simcha'
By Mathilde Frot
Jewish News' guest editors to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
January 28, 2020, 11:42 am
Voice of the Jewish News: Survivors’ legacy now in our hands
This week's editorial, for Holocaust Memorial Day, comes from the guest editors of our special commemorative edition marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
By Jewish News
January 17, 2020, 12:57 pm
Jewish News to publish on a Monday for Holocaust Memorial Day
Dedicated 80-page edition will feature powerful pieces from Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan among others, while considering the rise in modern hate and celebrating Righteous Gentiles
By Richard Ferrer
November 21, 2019, 12:39 pm
90 messages for 90 years: Happy birthday Sir Ben Helfgott!
Five prime ministers, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sadiq Khan, Stephen Fry and Rachel Riley among figures to wish the communal icon and Shoah survivor many happy returns!
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