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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Jabez West
Campaigning working-man and temperance advocate. Son of a blacksmith from Princes Risborough, he came to Bermondsey in the 1830s and worked in the leather trade. Campaigned for political reform, th...
1 memorial
Bramwell Booth
Son of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. First Chief of Staff, 1881–1912, and succeeded his father as General of the SA. Married Florence.
1 memorial
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Margaret McMillan
Socialist propogandist and educationalist. Born at Throgg's Neck, Westchester county, New York. Both her parents were from Scotland, and the family returned there when her father died. She attended...
1 memorial
Air Raid Precautions (ARP)
In WW2 each local council was responsible for setting up the local ARP to protect civilians from air raids. ARP Wardens were important members, enforcing the blackout, sounding the alarms, etc.
1 memorial