Topic: Czechoslovakia

September 13, 2017
9:54 am

Emmy Werner aged 34. The family of the holocaust survivor who was murdered 27 years after being liberated from a Nazi concentration camp have made a fresh appeal to bring her killer to justice, nearly half a century after her death. Photo credit: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire

Family of Holocaust survivor murdered in 1972 make fresh appeal to find killer

27 years after liberation Emmy Werner was murdered in a hotel room and now her relatives renew efforts to bring her killer to justice

By Jewish News reporter

August 21, 2017
2:16 pm

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Einstein’s letter criticising Chamberlain’s appeasement policy to be auctioned

Nobel Prize winning physicist warned against the ‘naive’ approach towards Germany from the then British PM

By Jewish News reporter

May 2, 2017
4:07 pm

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Sir Eric Pickles addresses ‘The Boys’ Shoah survivor group in final event as MP

Former cabinet minister signs off as member of parliament by telling guests that forgetting about the Holocaust is as bad as denying it

January 26, 2017
4:59 pm

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Child of Holocaust survivor teaches asylum-seekers English, citing family’s experience

Claire Jackson is offering classes through Leicester’s progressive community, in a project funded by Near Neighbours

May 19, 2016
10:15 am

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Children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton to attend memorial concert

Over two dozen of the ‘kinder’ saved in his humanitarian operation will pay tribute to Nicholas Winton

By Jewish News reporter

March 15, 2016
12:02 am

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Theresa May welcomes launch of Nicholas Winton stamp after JN campaign

by Justin Cohen Theresa May has led political and religious leaders in welcoming the introduction of a special stamp honouring Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton – and applauding the Jewish News campaign that led to it. The stamp is issued today after more than 105,000 people backed our call for the rare tribute for the […]

By Justin Cohen

March 15, 2016
12:02 am

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OPINION: We worked with Nicky’s family to convey his emotion, strength and courage

by David Gold, Head of Public Affairs, Royal Mail For 50 years Royal Mail’s Special Stamp programme has celebrated the best of the UK. The latest set of stamps, British Humanitarians, honour six of Britain’s greatest humanitarians and their achievements. Three women and three men who challenged the causes of inequality, deprivation and ignorance, repairing […]