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01/10/2024

Harry’s war and his revenge on Hitler

Harry’s war and his revenge on Hitler

Click image to visit News Source: A barely believable 97 years old, compact of build and charmingly polite, Harry Olmer ...

22/06/2024

Obituary: Sir Ben Helfgott Forever one of ‘The Boys’, the Olympic weightlifter who survived Buchenwald and favoured reconciliation between nations

Obituary: Sir Ben Helfgott Forever one of 'The Boys', the Olympic weightlifter who survived Buchenwald and favoured reconciliation between nations

Click image to visit News Source: As a child there was nothing Ben Helfgott couldn’t do. He was top of ...

20/05/2024

Teacher helps deaf pupils to learn about Holocaust

Teacher helps deaf pupils to learn about Holocaust 45 Aid Society's annual event celebrates survivors and their families

Click image to visit News Source: A history teacher from Nottingham held a 300-strong audience spellbound on Sunday night as ...

19/03/2024

Life & Culture You’ve met the Windermere Children, here are the ‘Southampton Boys’

Remembering the past: some of the Boys’ children and their offspring visiting Wintershill House last May

Click image to visit News Source: The staircase at Wintershill Hall in Hampshire is a thing of great elegance, curving ...

19/03/2024

The Jewish Chronicle runs a large feature on the Southampton Boys

The Jewish Chronicle runs a large feature on the Southampton Boys

Click image to visit News Source ‘The Jewish Chronicle runs a large feature on the Southampton Boys ...

01/02/2024

OPINION: Westminster Holocaust Memorial: Keep calm and carry on

OPINION: Westminster Holocaust Memorial: Keep calm and carry on

Click image to visit News Source: OPINION: Westminster Holocaust Memorial: Keep calm and carry on It's a matter of when, ...

20/01/2024

EXCLUSIVE: TV star Rob Rinder on his special bond with Holocaust survivors raised in Windermere

 Matel   EXCLUSIVE: TV star Rob Rinder on his special bond with Holocaust survivors raised in Windermere

Click image to visit News Source: Joanna Millan, 81, were among the 300 Jewish orphans flown to the Lake District ...

18/01/2024

OPINION: A year on, we remember my beloved grandfather Zigi

OPINION: A year on, we remember my beloved grandfather Zigi

Click image to visit News Source: Zigi Shipper, my grandfather, died exactly a year ago on his 93rd birthday. His ...

14/09/2023

Beautiful paintings by Sam Dresner, who is sadly no longer with us

Idessa (Sam’s mother)

Idessa (Sam’s mother) This portrait of Sam’s mother, Idessa, was painted from memory. He last saw her in the Ghetto ...

16/06/2023

We are sad to announce that on 16 June 2023 we lost the founder and father of the ’45 Aid Society, Sir Ben Helfgott MBE. May his memory always be a blessing.

We are sad to announce that on 16 June 2023 we lost the founder and father of the '45 Aid Society, Sir Ben Helfgott MBE. May his memory always be a blessing.

Click image to visit News Source We are sad to announce that on 16 June 2023 we lost the founder ...

17/05/2023

‘Special club’ is where Shoah survivors found their family

'Special club' is where Shoah survivors found their family

Click image to visit News Source: Almost 80 years ago, an 18-year-old Holocaust survivor newly arrived in the UK, bumped ...

05/05/2023

Jewish community groups wish the King mazel tov on his big day

Jewish community groups wish the King mazel tov on his big day

Click image to visit News Source: Jewish communal bodies sent congratulations to the King and Queen and paid tribute to ...

10/11/2021

Duchess of Cambridge officially opens new Holocaust exhibit at Imperial War Museum

Duchess of Cambridge officially opens new Holocaust exhibit at Imperial War Museum

Click image to visit News Source: Kate saw the Generations: Portraits Of Holocaust Survivors exhibition which includes two photographic portraits ...

12/10/2021

Landmark historical archive telling the story of ‘The Boys’

Landmark historical archive telling the story of ‘The Boys’

Click image to visit News Source: A new online archive documenting the lives of ‘The Boys’ was launched by the ...

08/10/2021

Starr gazing . . . why Alex chose to chronicle travels

Starr gazing . . . why Alex chose to chronicle travels

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26/01/2021

Review of Marie Paneth book in iNews

Review of Marie Paneth book in iNews

Click image to visit News Source “To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric,” argued German philosopher Theodor W Adorno. He ...

09/01/2021

Review of Tom Palmer book in Jewish News

Review of Tom Palmer book in Jewish News

Click image to visit News Source Tom Palmer’s powerful and moving novel After The War is inspired by the true-life story of The ...

16/11/2020

Review in Hello Magazine on 16th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Review in Hello Magazine on 16th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source Judge Rinder is currently appearing in My Family, the Holocaust & Me with Robert Rinder, which sees ...

16/11/2020

Review in the Daily Telegraph on 16th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’, featuring Rob Rinder and Angela Cohen:

Review in the Daily Telegraph on 16th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’, featuring Rob Rinder and Angela Cohen:

Click image to visit News Source Some documentaries make for tough but necessary viewing. The stories told in the concluding ...

10/11/2020

Review in the Sunday Post (Scotland) on 10th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Review in the Sunday Post (Scotland) on 10th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source Appearing on the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? often proves to ...

10/11/2020

Review on Entertainment Daily on 10th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Review on Entertainment Daily on 10th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me'

Click image to visit News Source My Family, the Holocaust & Me with Robert Rinder aired last night and the TV ...

10/11/2020

Review in Mail Online on 10th November of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Review in Mail Online on 10th November of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source Viewers watching television judge Robert Rinder learn how members of his family were mercilessly ...

10/11/2020

Feature in ‘Who do you think you are magazine’ on 10th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Feature in ‘Who do you think you are magazine’ on 10th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source In 2018, barrister and TV presenter Robert Rinder appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? Focusing ...

10/11/2020

Review in the Times on 10th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Review in the Times on 10th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source It is a moral imperative that we hear exactly what happened to victims of ...

09/11/2020

Preview in Metro on 9th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Preview in Metro on 9th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source Following the first part of Robert Rinder’s documentary My Family, The Holocaust and Me ...

09/11/2020

Preview in History Extra magazine on 9th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Preview in History Extra magazine on 9th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source How did My Family, the Holocaust and Me come about? ...

09/11/2020

Review in iNEws on 9th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Review in iNEws on 9th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source Two years ago, barrister and TV personality Robert Rinder appeared on a moving episode ...

09/11/2020

Review in the Guardian of TV documentary, ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’ on 9th November 2020

Review in the Guardian of TV documentary, ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’ on 9th November 2020

Click image to visit News Source In 2018, Robert “Judge” Rinder took part in the BBC series Who Do You ...

07/11/2020

Preview in the Courier (Scotland) on 7th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Preview in the Courier (Scotland) on 7th November 2020 of ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source Two years ago, while making an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, ...

06/11/2020

Story in the Jewish Chronicle on the TV documentary ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’ on 6th November 2020

Story in the Jewish Chronicle on the TV documentary ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’ on 6th November 2020

Click image to visit News Source Just over 80 years ago, the Jews of Europe were getting their first wholesale ...

05/11/2020

Interview in Jewish News on 5th November 2020 on ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Interview in Jewish News on 5th November 2020 on ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source Without knowing the brutal history of this place, the sprawling mound rising from the ...

04/11/2020

Interview in the Sun on 4th November 2020 on ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Interview in the Sun on 4th November 2020 on ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source During the two-part series the star, who is most well known for his role ...

03/11/2020

Feature in Radio Times on 3rd November 2020 about ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Feature in Radio Times on 3rd November 2020 about ‘My family, the Holocaust and Me’

Click image to visit News Source Participants in the upcoming two-part BBC One documentary My Family, The Holocaust and Me ...

03/07/2020

Adash Bulwa

Adash Bulwa

One of "The Boys" who survived forced labour, concentration camps and death marches to build a legacy in Manchester ...

14/05/2019

Nazi Victims back to day of freedom.

Nazi victims back to day of freedom

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13/05/2019

Holocaust survivors and their descendants recreate famous Prague photo from 1945

Holocaust survivors and their descendants recreate famous Prague photo from 1945

Click image to visit News Source: Four generations of Holocaust survivors have recreated an iconic photograph taken in Prague in ...

15/04/2015

UK National Yom Hashoa Commemoration for the Holocaust 19 April 2015

UK National Yom Hashoa Commemoration for the Holocaust 19 April 2015

UK National Yom Hashoa Commemoration for the Holocaust 19 April 2015 Click to view ...

15/03/2015

70th Reunion celebration and unveiling of the Memory Quilt

70th Reunion celebration and unveiling of the Memory Quilt

to view and download hi res copies of the pictures please visit here More than 630 people including survivors, their ...