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Oct 13, 20211 min read

Sharing the Story

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...

Gerta Vrbova: In Hiding In Slovakia & Hungary

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...

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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 SCHULTÜTE: 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...

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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...