Welcome to The Association of Jewish Refugees

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.  Read more ...

	Claims Conference secures Homecare increase The AJR has received a copy of a letter from Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat to the Claims Conference regarding the latest agreements with the German government to provide social and welfare services and programmes for Holocaust refugees and survivors.[more...]
	AJR plaque to honour Sir Hans Krebs The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) is delighted to announce that a special commemorative plaque was unveiled on Monday 20 May at the Department of Biochemistry, part of the University of Oxford, to honour the life and work of Sir Hans Krebs.[more...]
	Prince Charles to host Kindertransport reception The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) is delighted to announce that His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has kindly offered to host a lunchtime reception for the Kindertransport at St James’s Palace on Monday 24 June as part of a series of events this year to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransport.[more...]
	Second Generation event The AJR is encouraging the children and grandchildren of members to come along to a special reception for the Second and Third Generations.[more...]
	Kindertansport Symposium A symposium on the Kindertransport, being organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London (LBI) in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London (GHIL), the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies and with Aberystwyth University (School of European Languages), will be held on Tuesday 25 June at the GHIL.[more...]
	Lithuanian compensation The Law on Goodwill Compensation for the Immovable Property of Jewish Religious Communities of the Republic of Lithuania has designated that LTL 3 million (approximately $1.1 million) shall be paid, “to persons of Jewish nationality who resided in Lithuania during the Second World War and suffered from the totalitarian regimes during the occupations.[more...]
	Claims Conference Late Application Fund The Claims Conference has established a Late Applicants Fund (“LAF”) of €50 million to accept applications from certain heirs of former owners of Jewish property/assets located in the former East Germany for which the Claims Conference received proceeds. Applications must be submitted before 31 December 2014.[more...]
	Austrian Findbuch for Victims of National Socialism The Austrian National Fund publishes the “Findbuch for Victims of National Socialism”, a new online platform that makes it possible to search for archival material in Austrian Archives.[more...]
	Refugee Voices deposited at Charles University, Prague The AJR is delighted to announce that our ground-breaking Holocaust testimony archive, Refugee Voices, will be accessible at the Malach Centre for Visual History, part of the Charles University in Prague.[more...]
	AJR Holocaust Memorial Day - Communities Together: Build a Bridge Sir Andrew Burns was the guest speaker at our Holocaust Memorial Day service on Thursday 24 January 2013 at the Belsize Square Synagogue. Sir Andrew spoke about his work as the first UK Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues.[more...]
	The AJR is recruiting We are now recruiting for four full-time positions and one part time position, listed below, in our social services department to assist our members with a range of social, welfare, care and financial help.[more...]
	EU recognises International Holocaust Remembrance Day The European Union has incorporated International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, into its official calendar.[more...]
	Centre Status for the IOE’s Centre for Holocaust Education The Institute of Education (IOE) is pleased to announce the awarding of centre status to the newly renamed Centre for Holocaust Education (formerly known as the Holocaust Education Development Programme).[more...]
	Computer Help Programme AJR Volunteers Department is starting a new programme aimed at helping members learn how to work with computers and surf the internet.[more...]
	Recipes Remembered We are delighted to announce the publication of Recipes Remembered, a collection of dishes and stories compiled from the refugees from Central Europe who fled Nazi oppression and who rebuilt their lives in Britain.[more...]
	KT Newsletter Click here to read the latest edition of the Kindertransport Newsletter.[link]
	AJR on Facebook It gives us great pleasure to invite you – and your friends, family and colleagues – to view the AJR’s Facebook page where we will post details of our events and photos as well as articles of interest.[more...]
	GSI Newsletter Click here to read the latest Generations of the Shoah International (GSI) newsletter.[link]
	ITS records launched in the UK At an historic event at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 14 December, AJR member Eugene Black spoke about his reaction to receiving records from the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen and about the persecution he endured at the hands of the Nazis in several concentration camps. The records documented his journey from deportation in Hungary through several concentration camps until liberation at Bergen Belsen.[more...]
	International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance The AJR is proud to be part of the UK delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), which brings together governments and non-governmental organisations to raise awareness of the Holocaust and place political and social leaders' support behind the need for Holocaust education, remembrance, and research both nationally and internationally.[more...]
	Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria in Britain The AJR is delighted to announce the publication of a new book by Dr Anthony Grenville, Consultant Editor, AJR Journal. Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria in Britain:Their Image in ‘AJR Information’ (Vallentine Mitchell, 2009) is the first history of the refugees who fled to Britain from the German-speaking lands after 1933.[more...]
	Exile Studies With the kind permission of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, we reproduce here an article about the AJR written by the AJR Journal’s Consultant Editor Dr Tony Grenville.[more...]
	Claims Conference The AJR distributes funds allocated to the UK by the Claims Conference following its negotiations with, amongst others, the German and Austrian governments for social and welfare programmes for Holocaust survivors and refugees.[more...]