Oh, Vienna!
In my role as Next Generations Manager for The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) I was privileged to accompany this group of children...
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Debra Barnes
- Dec 22, 2020
- 2 min
Looking back at 2020 - a most unusual year
As we approach the end of a most unusual year, we wanted to share some of the highs… and lows… of AJR’s testimony book series, My Story,...
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Debra Barnes
- Aug 12, 2020
- 1 min
National Library of Israel
Many months ago, in 2019 BC (Before Covid-19!) the National Library of Israel contacted us to request copies of our My Story books for...
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Debra Barnes
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
Marking Winton's 111th birthday
Sir Nicholas Winton was born on 19 May, 1909. On the eve of World War Two, Winton arranged the rescue of 669 Jewish children from...
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Debra Barnes
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
Hannah's memories of VE Day
"One morning in 1945 my mother came into my bedroom and announced, “der Hitler ist Todt!” Another morning, a few months later, she came...
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Debra Barnes
- Apr 17, 2020
- 1 min
Yom HaShoah 2020
In 2020 Yom HaShoah coincides with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. We asked Eva Behar's grandson Paul Kaye to...
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Debra Barnes
- Mar 18, 2020
- 1 min
New Book Added!
We're so pleased to add a new My Story book to the website. Welcome Tommy Gutwin!
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Debra Barnes
- Feb 6, 2020
- 1 min
My Story hits the airwaves!
Our lead project coordinator, Debra Barnes, spoke to the Jewish Views about the My Story project in the February podcast. You can listen...
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Debra Barnes
- Jan 29, 2020
- 1 min
A new book begins!
Our My Story testimony project continues to produce more life story books. Here is our volunteer William about to start work on Lily's...
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Debra Barnes
- Jan 28, 2020
- 1 min
Goodbye Katinka
We were so very sorry to say goodbye to Katinka Seiner-Easton who passed away in January 2020. Katinka was such a character and it was a...
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Debra Barnes
- Dec 16, 2019
- 1 min
My Story comes to the Midlands
My Story’s newest recruit, Keith Rowe, donned a t-shirt to represent AJR at the Singers Hill Synagogue Chanukah Fayre in Birmingham. Held...
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Debra Barnes
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
The new My Story team
This week we got the My Story team together for the first time. It was a great opportunity to discuss how the project is working for each...
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Debra Barnes
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
My Story arrives at The Wiener Holocaust Library
The Wiener Holocaust Library in London were pleased to receive a collection of AJR’s My Story books for their reading room. The Library...
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