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June 30, 2023, 4:26 pm
From Nazi Europe to Wimbledon – how a Jewish tennis prodigy made her way to Centre Court
Liesl Herbst fled the Nazis and ended up playing championship tennis in the UK with her daughter
By Neil Silver
Left: Annie Altschul, born in Vienna in 1919, trained a a mental health nurse in Mill Hill and pioneers psychiatric research. Her reports are widely cited. Right: Lisbeth Hockey, expelled from Vienna , became the UKs first director of nursing research in Edinburgh
December 13, 2018, 11:41 am
Refugee nurses: The Jewish women who fled tyranny to become angels of the NHS
Stephen Oryszczuk hears tributes to a band of heroines who, despite being called ‘enemy aliens’, made a defining contribution to Britain’s health service
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Cyclists at Friedrichstrasse Station in Berlin, Germany, before they begin their commemorative ride retracing the journey of 10,000 children who were rescued from Nazi Europe on the Kindertransport 80 years ago. Photo credit: World Jewish Relief /PA Wire
June 17, 2018, 7:18 pm
Group of 42 set off from Berlin to retrace Kindertransport route
World Jewish Relief-run initiative to mark the journey made by 10,000 mainly Jewish children who were rescued from the Nazis
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski with President Donald J. Trump
March 23, 2018, 10:06 am
Peru’s president, son of a Nazi Jewish refugee, resigns over vote-buying scandal
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, 79, stands down after videos showed key allies trying to buy support of opposition politicians
By JTA
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