The Association of Jewish Refugees commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransport
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75th anniversary of the Kindertransport

  •   The Association of Jewish Refugees commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransport
  • 6/28/2013
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     Last week, the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) organised a series of events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransport. HE Daniel Taub was in attendance at the Kindertransport reunion on Sunday when nearly 600 guests – including Kinder and their families from around the world (Israel, the US, Australia, Italy, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany).
     
    On Monday, the AJR invited the Ambassador to a lunchtime reception hosted by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales at St James’s Palace.
    The reception took place the day after the 75th anniversary reunion at JFS when some 500 guests, including overseas from Israel, the US, Australia, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland and Belgium, heard from a number of key speakers: the former Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon David Miliband MP, whose father was a refugee from Nazi oppression, the actress and comedienne Maureen Lipman, who starred in The Pianist and the UK Envoy for Post Holocaust Issues, Sir Andrew Burns. Baroness Hanham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government, also addressed guests.
     
    As part of the proceedings, JFS pupils performed a re-enactment of the debate in the House of Commons that precipitated the creation of the Kindertransport and the JFS choir sang a selection of evocative songs.
     
    Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, whose grandfather Dr Georg Salzberger was the Rabbi of the Westend Synagogue in Frankfurt am Main, the interior of which was destroyed on Kristallnacht, led a service of remembrance. The audience also had the opportunity to view the new exhibition on the Kindertransport that the Wiener Library is curating.
    AJR-Kindertransport Chairman, Sir Erich Reich said: “It is a great honour to be invited by His Royal Highness and a wonderful recognition of the high esteem in which he holds the Kinder. The reception at St James’s Palace is part of an historic three days of events for the Kinder and our families from around the world to socialise, renew acquaintances and share their experiences.
     
    Photo Credit: Alan Ezekiel
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