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Harry Spiro. Pic: HET
May 18, 2026, 4:06 pm
‘Hitler, you didn’t win, I won’: Windermere Boy Harry Spiro dies aged 96
Tributes pour in for extraordinary Holocaust survivor with a life of 'unimaginable loss and remarkable resilience'
By Michelle Rosenberg
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
Memorial candles
January 22, 2026, 5:46 pm
Bridging Generations with Pieces of Paper on Holocaust Memorial Day
World Jewish Relief is on a mission to reunite survivors and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with their own family histories
By Paul Anticoni
Harry Olmer MBE speaking at an event at the Home office. Photo Credit: HET
January 16, 2026, 2:55 pm
It is up to us to carry Harry Olmer’s legacy onwards
Harry was in the truest sense of the word, a mensch. In his passing we have lost a friend and a guiding voice
By Karen Pollock CBE
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
October 1, 2024, 12:53 pm
Harry’s war and his revenge on Hitler
Survivor tells his story in new memoir under auspices of Manchester's The Fed
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
Group shot of survivors at The Boys annual reunion (John Rifkin)
March 3, 2022, 6:48 pm
Holocaust Survivors group donates over £10k to help Ukrainians in need
Organisation representing Holocaust survivors and their families sends funds to World Jewish Relief’s Ukraine Crisis Appeal.
By Jewish News Reporter
(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)
October 7, 2021, 9:58 am
Extensive new online archive of ‘The Boys’ launched
Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors who made their new lives in Britain after the war compile groundbreaking research project
By Jenni Frazer
Leslie speaking to young people at Auschwitz during an educational visit
June 30, 2021, 5:14 pm
Heartfelt tributes to Auschwitz survivor Leslie Kleinman who dies aged 92
'A deeply kind and generous man, Leslie exuded warmth and compassion, always with an infectious smile'
By Jewish News
January 21, 2021, 10:39 am
120 Over 80 – meet our mentors!
Part two of our celebration of the Jewish community's oldest and wisest.
By Jewish News
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
Halsey Roscorla (third right, wearing cap) with his RAF crew
November 1, 2019, 2:33 pm
Story of pilot who flew ‘The Boys’ to new life in England told for first time
RAF pilot who flew child survivors to England never told family of role played on historic day. Archival footage broadcast 60 years later helped them piece together what happened
By Mathilde Frot
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
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