United Kingdom
IHRA delegates visit Alderney, first case study in Safeguarding Sites project
On 12 July, Lord Eric Pickles, head of the UK delegation of IHRA, along with the deputy head, Sally Sealey, and Dr Gilly Carr, member of the UK delegation and chair of the new Safeguarding Sites...
International Forum on the Kindertransport
Eighty years after the British operation to provide a safe haven for 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees from Nazism, how should the Kindertransport be remembered? This is the central question that...
Wiener Library seeks Director
Post Title: Director Hours: Full time Contract: Permanent Salary: To be agreed Closing date: 29 March 2019. Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date. Expected...
Crimes Uncovered: The First Generation of Holocaust Researchers
The Wiener Library’s spring 2019 exhibition, Crimes Uncovered: The First Generation of Holocaust Researchers, traces the stories and legacies of the individuals and institutions who first collected...
Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony
AJR’S ANNUAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY 22ND JANUARY 2019 AT 2PM. Followed by tea The Service will be led by Rabbi Stuart Altshuler and will reflect the theme for HMD...
'No Home to Return To': Listening to Child Survivors Testifying to the Destruction of their Home and Family
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 2019 theme ‘Torn from Home’, Dr Boaz Cohen will discuss testimonies from child survivors of the Holocaust. In the aftermath of the Second World War, adults -...
Statement by Experts of the UK Delegation to the IHRA on the Working Definition of Antisemitism
Recently the work of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has featured prominently in discourse concerning the troubling rise of antisemitic incidents in Britain. As members of the...
Frank Meisler - Sculptor of Iconic Kindertransport Statues
Frank Meisler, the sculptor who designed and manufactured the series of iconic statues in dedication to the Kindertransport, has passed away. His works include the monument at Liverpool Street station...
80th Anniversary of the Anschluss Commemoration in London
The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) and the Austrian Embassy in London held a joint commemoration this week to mark the 80th anniversary of the Anschluss. Michael Newman, CEO of the Association...