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This week we looked at the choices our interviewees made about sharing, or not sharing, their stories with their children. We also looked...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Jun 30, 20211 min read
George Badacsonyi: In Hiding In Hungary
This week we looked at the testimony of George Badasconyi, born in Hungary, who came to Britain in 1957 after winning a Ford Foundation...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Jun 22, 20211 min read
Gerta Vrbova: In Hiding In Slovakia & Hungary
Gerta Vrbova spent part of the war in hiding in Slovakia and Hungary, crossing the border under different false papers several times. Her...
AJR Refugee Voices team
May 27, 20211 min read
Honouring two of our interviewees
This week we were so happy to celebrate the achievements and milestones of two of our interviewees. On Wednesday May 26th we celebrated...
AJR Refugee Voices team
May 13, 20211 min read
In Hiding In Italy
This week we looked at the powerful, detailed and moving testimony of Cesare Sacerdoti, who, aged 5 in 1943, was sent with his younger...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Apr 15, 20211 min read
Hiding in Belgium
This week on social media we revisited the testimony of four of our interviewees who spent part of the war in hiding in Belgium.
AJR Refugee Voices team
Mar 18, 20211 min read
Social Media round up 18/3/2021
This week we finished our commemoration of great women in the archive with another look at the testimony of Selma van der Perre: We...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Mar 4, 20211 min read
The Last Rabbi of Oranienburgerstrasse
This week we prepared for our live online event with Alisa Jaffa by rereading her testimony. Alisa's father, Dr Ignatz Maybaum, was rabbi...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Purim & other posts
This week we celebrated Purim with Bob Kirk's amazing Purim party photo from Hanover: We were very moved by Harry Bibring's letters from...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Social Media round up 18 Feb
This week we celebrated our thousandth follower on Twitter. We heard about Ursula Gilbert's experience of fostering in Brondesbury: And...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Acts of Kindness
This week we looked at individual acts of kindness experienced by our interviewees, often from ordinary members of the public, although...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Nov 5, 20201 min read
Weekly Update November 5
This week we immersed ourselves in some of the experiences of our interviewees during the November Pogrom (Kristallnacht): We were also...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Oct 22, 20201 min read
Weekly update October 22
This week we were very sad to hear of the deaths of two of our interviewees. Henry Ebner was a lawyer and AJR member who was involved in...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Sep 24, 20201 min read
Weekly Round Up September 24th
This week we began an extended look at the experiences of the 28 of our interviewees who experienced domestic service. You can see them...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Weekly Round Up, September 18
In this week of Jewish New Year, we featured this fantastic photo and quote from Sara Kraus-Lefkovitz: And this beautiful scroll cover...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Sep 11, 20201 min read
Weekly Round Up, September 10
This week archive Director Dr Bea Lewkowicz interviewed Selma van de Perre in a live Zoom event. They discussed her experiences and her...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Sep 4, 20201 min read
Weekly Round Up: September 4
This week, to mark the reopening of schools, we launched SCHULTÃœTE: WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL, an online exhibition featuring 10...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Aug 26, 20201 min read
Weekly Round Up, August 27
This week we commemorated the 75th anniversary of VJ Day by revisiting the testimony of Freddie Boxer, who spent much of the war interned...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Weekly Round Up, July 30th
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, alongside many other accounts relating to Jewish history and experience, we observed a silence on...
AJR Refugee Voices team
Jul 22, 20201 min read
Weekly Round Up July 23
This week we were excited to see the new Hidden Treasures website: www.celebratingjewisharchives.org. This is the Board of Deputy's new...
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