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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. ...read more
Theo Marx
It is with great sadness that the AJR announces the passing of its former Chairman, Theo Marx, at the age of 89.
Theo Marx was a man whose actions spoke far louder than his words: throughout his life he put the needs
of family, community and society before his own. His understated generosity touched the lives of everyone he met as well as those of many who never even knew of his existence. ...read more
Ghetto pensions review
Following a court ruling in Germany it is now possible for people whose applications for a ghetto pension were rejected, to have these claims reviewed. The court has ruled that the previous eligibility criteria were too restrictive and that as a result peoples’ claims were unjustly rejected. ...read more
Extension of Austrian pension law
The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) is delighted to learn of the improvement in Austrian social security law that extends the right to an Austrian state retirement pension to Jewish Nazi victims born in Austria after the Anschluss (12 March 1938) and before the end of the Second World War (8 May 1945). ...read more
Closing payments from the General Settlement Fund
In July the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism (GSF) commenced the disbursement of the closing payments from the Fund along the lines of the final quotas agreed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The GSF was established as part of the Washington Agreement signed in January 2001. ...read more
Claims Conference appoints new Executive Vice President
The AJR is delighted to congratulate Greg Schneider on his recent appointment as Executive Vice President of the Claims Conference. ...read more
AJR statement on comments by Bernie Ecclestone
As the national organisation representing and supporting Jewish Holocaust refugees and survivors in Great Britain, the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) deplores the comments made by Bernie Ecclestone in his interview in The Times newspaper published on 4 July 2009. ...read more
AJR launches Refugee Voices
The AJR's groundbreaking audio-visual Holocaust testimony archive, Refugee Voices, was launched at an event at the Wiener Library on 18 June. ...read more
Southern Regional lunch at Edwina Currie's
Southern region AJR members had a wonderful day out thanks to the generous hospitality of author and former politician Edwina Currie and her husband John. ...read more
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