News

This week we immersed ourselves in some of the experiences of our interviewees during the November Pogrom (Kristallnacht): We were also...

It was a delight to interview the writer and critic Gabriel Josipovici, in an online event hosted by AJR Refugee Voices and Sephardi...

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...

Many congratulations to our interviewees Tomi Komoly, Lady Zahava Kohn and Lili Polhmann, who have been awarded MBEs in the Queen's...

This week Archive Director Dr Bea Lewkowicz took part in the opening to the ‘Square of Hope: Shelter from Storm’ initiative on 1 October...

By Dr Jana Buresova Refugee domestic service in Britain became prominent during two particular political eras in Europe, Fascism and...

By Dr Bea Lewkowicz I was very pleased to have participated in the opening to the ‘Square of Hope: Shelter from Storm’ initiative on 1...

This week we continued our in-depth look at the experiences of those of our interviewees who came to the UK to work as domestic servants,...

This week we began an extended look at the experiences of the 28 of our interviewees who experienced domestic service. You can see them...

By Dr Bea Lewkowicz On Tuesday this week the weather was on our side and we were lucky that we could conduct another garden interview...

In this week of Jewish New Year, we featured this fantastic photo and quote from Sara Kraus-Lefkovitz: And this beautiful scroll cover...

This week archive Director Dr Bea Lewkowicz interviewed Selma van de Perre in a live Zoom event. They discussed her experiences and her...

This week, to mark the reopening of schools, we launched SCHULTÜTE: WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL, an online exhibition featuring 10...

To celebrate pupils returning to school, we have launched an online exhibition featuring ten of our interviewees with their Schultüten,...

In late July we were reminded once more of the power of our archive when, like many other accounts relating to Jewish history and...

By Dr. Bea Lewkowicz A few weeks ago, I conducted another socially distant interview for AJR Refugee Voices in London. This time, we...

This week we commemorated the 75th anniversary of VJ Day by revisiting the testimony of Freddie Boxer, who spent much of the war interned...

This week we returned from our two-week break with Inge Ader's picture of her first day of school with her Schultüte: We have several...

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, alongside many other accounts relating to Jewish history and experience, we observed a silence on...

We have started working with the British Board of Deputies, whose Hidden Treasures project launched this week. This initiative celebrates...