The AJR provides an extensive range of social and welfare services, and grants financial assistance to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution living in Great Britain.
The AJR’s plaque scheme honours prominent Jewish émigrés from Nazism who made a significant contribution to their adopted homeland.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Association of Jewish Refugees
November 2014 the plaque was reported as "torn down" but, with promises of a ...
Such a sad and touching subject, these children can't fail but bring to mind ...
Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Co...
The plaque was unveiled on or shortly before 10 April 2019. It was not yet on...
Rabbi Dr Leo Baeck, 1873 - 1956, theologian, teacher and philosopher, lived h...
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 12. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Social reformer and minister. Born in Settle, Yorkshire. Whilst working in the slums of Greenwich, he became appalled at the deprivations and cruelties suffered by children. He wrote 'The Gaol Crad...
By June 1915, the population of Belgian refugees in Britain rose to 265,000. But we couldn't find anything on the web about the school in Cale Street.
Composer, publisher, piano dealer. Alfred William Phillips was born in Whitechapel to a family in 'trade', one of which was a music shop, where he learnt piano tuning. When he started his own busin...
Placed at the service of the war office during the Great War and was occupied by sick and wounded soldiers of the British Expeditionary Forces from October 1914 until the 31st January 1918. 5406 s...
Sculptor. Born at 91 Brook Street, Lambeth. Died at home at 91 Carlton Hill, St John's Wood.
In the 19th century this brewery was on the elite tourist trail so in 1850 when Haynau arrived in London here he came. But his reputatio...
