Association of Jewish Refugees

Children who arrived on the Kindertransport

February 9, 2022, 6:11 pm

New data released on experiences of Kindertransport refugees

Figures from AJR builds on 2007 survey which was previously only published in the form of a database

Nicola Stow, Doris Rau, Ruth and Daniel Rosenfelder, with Michael Newman of AJR (second left)

December 22, 2021, 12:38 pm

After an assistant manager of a charity shop bought paperwork belonging to a woman called Cissi Rosenfelder, she began a mission to find family members living in the UK

By Alex Galbinski

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

The team behind AJR’s Connecting Next Generations conference at Stamford Bridge. (ASL Corporate Photography)

October 7, 2021, 9:37 am

Hundreds take part in AJR conference bridging gap of generations

Speakers at the event held at Stamford Bridge included Lord Pickles, author Michael Rosen and Holocaust survivors

By Jenni Frazer

Hedi Frenkl (Credit: The Association of Jewish Refugees via the Claims Conference. Photographer: Paul Lang)

October 16, 2020, 11:10 am

‘Hedi was a sparkling presence – elegant, vivacious and very much loved’

Emotional tributes to survivor Hedi Frankl, who has died aged 93. Four of her siblings and parents were murdered by the Nazis.

By Jack Mendel

July 2, 2020, 11:35 am

Zooming in on Shoah education

With schools and shuls shut, survivors are finding new ways to share experiences. Jack Mendel speaks to some of them about teaching the lessons of the Holocaust online

By Jack Mendel

Plaque (Credit: Association of Jewish Refugees)

May 12, 2020, 1:05 pm

‘Fearless’ consular officials who saved thousands of Jews from Nazis honoured

A commemorative plaque erected at the British Embassy has been unveiled by dignitaries today

By Mathilde Frot

Herbert, born in Berlin, is pictured left. On the right is a a letter to Herbert’s father from his uncle in 1929.

April 30, 2020, 12:54 pm

‘We wanted to give him the Jewish burial he deserved’

The death of 95-year-old Herbert Max Fraenkel resulted in an intriguing quest to discover his real identity, leading to Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the founder of modern Hebrew.

By Stephen Oryszczuk

Chelsea's home ground, Stamford Bridge. (Photo credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

March 10, 2020, 2:35 pm

Holocaust remembrance conference postponed amid covid-19 fears

The postponed event for Holocaust educators and second generation families was to be held at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium

By Jewish News

A Holocaust remembrance conference featuring a talk by Barbara Winton has been postponed. She is pictured speaking in 2017 after the closure of the Dubs refugee scheme.

February 27, 2020, 10:36 am

Kindertransport founder’s daughter on second generation conference lineup

The event 'Remembering and Rethinking: The international forum on the Second Generation' will be held at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium

By Jewish News

December 24, 2019, 10:59 am

Tributes to immunologist Leslie Brent, 94, who arrived on first Kindertransport

Professor Emeritus at the University of London came to Britain to escape Nazi Germany and spoke about his experience of Kristallnacht

By Jewish News Reporter

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!

Holocaust survivor at the Bergen-Belsen memorial.

October 29, 2019, 5:44 pm

Online survey launched to better understand children of Holocaust survivors

Association of Jewish Refugees is looking to tailor more relevant events, trips and activities for second and third generation members

By Jewish News Reporter

Thousands of Polish nationalists marched to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw in May 2019, protesting that the U.S. is putting pressure on Poland to compensate Jews whose families lost property during the Holocaust.
(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

May 22, 2019, 3:33 pm

Jewish News wins decisive legal case against Polish nationalists

Newspaper victorious after bitter 18-month fight with the Polish League Against Defamation that threatened to silence allegations of historical antisemitism in the country.

By Adam Decker

May 8, 2019, 12:16 pm

Global gathering to mark 75 years since liberation from Holocaust

Association of Jewish Refugees joins Yad Vashem and the World Jewish Congress in backing the Liberation75 initiative in Canada next year

By Jewish News Reporter

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