Erection date: 18/12/2019
Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Committee, which was based here, 1933 - 1939.
Erected by The Association of Jewish Refugees.
WC1, Tavistock Square, Woburn House
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Otto Schiff
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Otto Schiff
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