Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)

Left: Berta Bienenstock pictured on the left with a friend in Siberia, 1941.
Right: Berta in an interview with the Association of Jewish Refugees in 2004

February 21, 2022, 11:46 am

New refugee journeys map helps to ‘reconnect scattered pasts’

An interactive resource has been made available, allowing users to view and hear the stories of refugees who fled Nazi antisemitism and persecution in what’s been hailed as a ‘powerful and illuminating project’

By Stephen Oryszczuk

Sophia Engel and Ricarda Pasch at the AJR’s Connecting Next Generations conference at Stamford Bridge (ASL Corporate Photography)

October 7, 2021, 9:57 am

Young Germans promote Shoah reconciliation against backdrop of populism

Merrit Jagusch, Sophia Engel and Ricarda Pasch, took part in a discussion at AJR's conference on Sunday bridging the gap on Holocaust education between young and old

By Jenni Frazer

Holocaust survivor Agnes Kaposi and her granddaughter during the Generations: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors exhibition at the I,perial War Museum (© Derryn Vranch / Royal Photographic Society)

September 22, 2021, 11:24 am

Conference at Chelsea FC to link Shoah survivors with next generation

The two-day event in early October run by the Association of Jewish Refugees includes authors Michael Rosen and Lily Ebert, an Auschwitz survivor

By Jewish News Reporter

April 19, 2021, 12:17 pm

Revealed: Mossad cell that snatched Eichmann was stopped from capturing Mengele

Israel’s PM David Ben-Gurion refused to allow Mengele to be brought to the Jewish state 'as he did not want the fledgling country to become a dumping ground for war criminals'.

By Jenni Frazer

February 9, 2021, 3:45 pm

Film giving ‘window into the experiences of 80 Holocaust survivors’ launched

Association of Jewish Refugees' video created in bid to 'safeguard, protect, and share the personal and collective stories of our interviewees'

By Jewish News Reporter

October 30, 2020, 11:45 am

Lilian Black was ‘a tireless, well-loved advocate for survivors and refugees’

Heartfelt tributes paid to 'dynamic' chair of the Holocaust Survivor Friendship Association who received OBE from Her Majesty the Queen in the recent birthday honours

By Jewish News Reporter

Jewish refugees arriving from Germany in February 1939

September 17, 2020, 3:55 pm

Ten-part podcast documentary series on the Kindertransport completed

Lord Pickles, the UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust issues said the 'Kindertransport: Remembering and Rethinking' series was 'the first of its kind'

By Jewish News Reporter

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

Hermann Hirschberger (Screenshot from video by Jcore)

January 2, 2020, 11:52 am

Tributes paid to Kindertransport refugee Hermann Hirschberger, who dies aged 93

German-born survivor came to the UK in the wake of Kristallnacht and helped to win improved pensions for his peers

By Jewish News Reporter

November 28, 2019, 3:47 pm

Hampstead home of artist Milein Cosman and musician Hans Keller gets plaque

Former residence of Jewish pair who escaped the Nazis to England is honoured by Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)

By Jewish News Reporter

The Boys and their relatives recreate a Prague photo last year.

June 12, 2019, 4:07 pm

Special report: Keeping alive the Boys’ legacy

After survivors were joined by family and friends in recreating a famous Prague photo from 1945, we hear why the community must be united in their memory for future generations

By Jewish News Reporter

June 12, 2019, 2:47 pm

Kindertransport refugees get tax exemption on German compensation

Letter sent to trustees of AJR reveals that Kinder won't have to pay tax on their recent 2,500 Euro compensation payment from the German government.

By Jewish News Reporter

Jewish Children Refugees Arriving From Germany In London On February 1939 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

April 4, 2019, 5:25 pm

Event to shed light on ‘lesser known strands of the Kindertransport’

International experts will descend on the capital to consider the famous pre-war rescue effort on 15-16 April at Lancaster House

Visiting the Shaaré Tikvah Synagogue, Lisbon

November 26, 2018, 3:24 pm

Jewish refugees living in the UK take ten-day cruise around the Med

Group of nineteen members of AJR visit Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar on the P&O Ventura, visiting many sites of Jewish interest around Europe

Paul Willer (centre), a Jewish refugee who escaped Germany in 1939, meets Jo Roundell Greene (left), the granddaughter of former prime minister Clement Attlee and Earl Attlee the grandson of Clement Attlee, in the Houses of Parliament. Photo credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

November 22, 2018, 11:38 am

Kindertransport refugee sheltered by Clement Attlee, 90, meets ex-PM’s relatives

Paul Willer, 90, met former Labour leader's daughter Jo Roundell Greene and cousin Earl John Attlee at a small House of Lords reception

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