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Feb 64 min read

The Story of Ferdinand Brann's Guiding Principles

In 2019 Lord Finkelstein wrote an article about the AJR Refugee Voices Archive for the Jewish Chronicle. He said that the collected...

May 3, 20235 min read

Reflections on the International Testimony Forum

The International Testimony Forum provided a wonderful opportunity for politicians, academics, researchers, journalists, anyone working...

Feb 15, 20234 min read

Why Testimony Matters

Ahead of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, PM Rishi Sunak praised the courage of Holocaust survivors and announced that parliament will...

Jul 21, 20212 min read

Visit to the Wiener Holocaust Library

Yesterday Archive Director Dr Bea Lewkowicz and Head of Digital Susanna Kleeman visited the Wiener Holocaust Library to deposit the...

Oct 7, 20203 min read

Refugees in Domestic Service in Britain

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

Sep 4, 20201 min read

Weekly Round Up: September 4

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

Sep 2, 20201 min read

Schultüte: Welcome Back To School

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

Jan 27, 20202 min read

Holocaust Memorial Day at South Hampstead Synagogue

We were honoured to take part in a compelling Holocaust Remembrance Day event at South Hampstead Synagogue last night. Archive Director...

Apr 25, 20191 min read

The AJR's Kindertransport Forum

On Monday April 15th and Tuesday April 16th, 2019, the Archive was featured as part of Remembering & Rethinking: The international forum...

Jan 4, 20191 min read

‘Still in our Hands’ at the Jewish Museum, London

The exhibition ‘Still in our Hands’: Kinder Life Portraits featuring interviewees and images from the Refugee Voices Archive is now on at...