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

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

Prime Minister helps mark 70th anniversary of 45 Aid Society – (JEWISH NEWS) Prime Minister David Cameron sent warm messages ...

Quilt of memories tells remarkable story of Holocaust survivors – (HAM & HIGH) As the world prepares to mark the ...

Survivors lit candles and held 1 minutes' silence in memory of those lost in the Holocaust. Survivors who had travelled ...

LDHP has put together a special exhibition to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of The Boys in the ...

News stories on 9 December 2015 from BBC London Memory Quilt goes on display at London Jewish Museum... Read Posts ...

Chocs away as boys reunite with pilot Read More ...

Memory Quilts Exhibition at London Jewish Museum on BBC Radio Memory Quilts exhibition features in interview by BBC Radio London ...

Second Generation member Frances Kahan, daughter of Joe Perl, writes about the Yom HaShoah Commemoration she organised in Bushey, Hertfordshire ...

Celebrating Ben – one of the boys Click to view ...

Memory Quilts wow Manchester ...

A number of The Boys feature among the 10 x Holocaust Survivors who have been recognised in the 2016 New ...

Monday 7 December 2015 until Friday 5 February 2016 The London Jewish Museum has put together a special exhibition featuring ...

London Mayor reads from the book ‘The Boys’ London Mayor Sadiq Khan referred to the 'The Boys' and read an ...

Arek Hersh at 2017 Reunion ...

Holocaust Memorial Day 2018: What’s on in Newcastle and Gateshead Holocaust Memorial Day 2018: What's on in Newcastle and Gateshead ...

Newly-knighted Sir Ben Helfgott speaks of ‘honour’ of being sculpted by Frances Segelman. Read More ...

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The first of hopefully many social meetings for the 3rd Generation took place on Sunday 15th October in north London, ...

RAF veteran, 94, gives Holocaust survivors he helped save a poignant gift at emotional 45 Aid Society dinner Read More ...

The 300 youngsters, who became known as the Windermere Boys, although there were also girls, were taken to the Lake ...

Robert Rinder tweet about Prague trip Read More ...

Holocaust Survivors and Four Generations of Their Families Recreate Iconic Photograph Read More ...

Reunited with Flight Sergeant who flew them to Britain after the Holocaust Read More ...

Radio Cumbria tweet about the taking of the photo Read More ...

The Windermere Boys’ and relatives gather to recreate poignant photo in Prague Read More - The Westmorland Gazette ...

Auschwitz survivor’s ultimate victory over abusers as he celebrates 90th birthday Read More - Mirror ...

Our beautiful Lake District helped heal orphans of the Holocaust Read More ...

Sir Ben Helfgott ‘The Boys’ and their families return to Prague 74 years after liberation to recreate iconic photo In ...

The True Story Of The WW2 Holocaust Survivors Who Became The Windermere Children Read More - Jewish News ...

Uncle Sam’s treacherous journey to Britian Read More ...

Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission Report The Report from the UK Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission is now available. Entitled: “Britain’s Promise ...

A National Commemoration Event will take place Yom Ha Shoa on Sun 19 Apr, at 2pm in North London. Details ...

In January 2015 the Camden New Journal in London highlighted the work of the Second Generation of the 45 Aid ...

in December 2014 the London Jewish News featured the 45 Aid Society and Second Generation and the Memory Quilt project ...

The talk starts at 7pm and is at Henrietta Barnet School Central Square Hampstead Garden Suburb NW11 7BN.’ ‘ ...

oman Halter together with his daughter Aviva have designed, made and installed two stained-glass windows in the newly built New ...

The ITS (International Tracing Service) has recently allowed access to over 50m documents from the war which were previously unavailable ...

The ’45 Aid Society Annual Dinner will be held on Sunday 6th May 2012 at the same venue as last ...

The 2014 Annual Reunion was held on Sunday 4th May at the Holiday Inn, Carburton Street, London It was a ...

On 30 May 2014, the 45 Aid Society Holocaust Survivors and 2nd & 3rd Generation members submitted a formal letter ...

To mark 2015, the 70th Year Anniversary of the Liberation of the Camps, the 2nd & 3rd Generation group is creating ...

Over 300 people attended the Reunion Dinner of the 45 Aid Society’s 65th anniversary. The evening was attended by the ...

Jewish Care Charity Registration Number 802559 One of the most exciting sopranos in the world Natasha Marsh In aid of ...

The Chief Rabbi invites the community to commemorate Yom Hashoah on Monday 12 April 2010 at Edgware United Synagogue.  Doors ...

A number of organisations have collaborated to form a Forum for Yom Hoshoah falls this year on Sunday 11 April 2010 and willl ...

A major celebration involving 2nd and 3rd generation is being planned for this year’s 45 Aid Reunion, the 65th event ...

During March, there are 5 lectures being given at the London Jewish Cultural Centre (LJCC). These unique events will be ...

The ’45 Aid Society in conjunction with London Jewish Cultural Centre invite you to: The 34th Annual Leonard G.Montefiore Memorial ...

Jewish Living Expo will take place on Sunday 18th March 2012 at Wembley Stadium. Book now for a great day ...

The 67th Annual Reunion of the 45 Aid Society took place on Sunday 6th May 2012. Over 230 people attended ...

VOICES is the newsletter produced “The Second Generation NETWORK” another UK Second Generation group. Click to Download the Voice Newsletter (PDF)‘ ...

The’ 45 Aid Society’ together with the 2nd Generation Committee held their annual reunion dinner on Sunday 8th May 2011. It ...

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

Click to view The Ascot Holocaust Education Project was featured on ‘Do the Right Thing’ on Channel 5 on 15th ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Click image to visit News Source Following the first part of Robert Rinder’s documentary 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?, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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