Group    From 1933 

Jewish Refugees Committee / German Jewish Aid Committee / World Jewish Relief

Categories: Social Welfare

The Jewish Refugees Committee, later the German Jewish Aid Committee, was founded in the early months of 1933 by Otto Schiff under the aegis of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jewry (CBF). Schiff was founder and director. In 1995 the CBF was renamed as World Jewish Relief.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Jewish Refugees Committee / German Jewish Aid Committee / World Jewish Relief

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Otto Schiff

Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Co...

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International

London-based international organisation focused on human rights. Its mission statement refers specifically to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in London by labour lawyer Peter Be...

Group, Peace, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Children's Society

Children's Society

Founded by Edward Rudolf as the Church of England Central Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays.  In 1946 the name was changed to the Church of England Children's Society.  The first hom...

Group, Children, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Susan Lawrence

Susan Lawrence

Politician and social reformer.  Born as Arabella Susan Lawrence.

Person, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Settlements

Settlements

The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society ...

Concept, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Women + Health

Women + Health

From their website: "... started in the 1980’s by a group of local women from Somers Town who had decided that they needed an informal environment in which they could learn more about their health,...

Group, Medicine, Social Welfare

1 memorial

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LAC A. C. Kirk
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
H. T. Swan

H. T. Swan

Surbiton man killed serving in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Elsie Woolnough
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
T. Clark

T. Clark

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
H. Kay

H. Kay

Private, serving in WW1, died at Lewisham Hospital.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial