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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...
Debra Barnes
Aug 3, 20228 min read
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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,...
Debra Barnes
Dec 22, 20202 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
Aug 12, 20201 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
May 19, 20202 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
May 7, 20201 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
Apr 17, 20201 min read
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New Book Added!
We're so pleased to add a new My Story book to the website. Welcome Tommy Gutwin!
Debra Barnes
Mar 18, 20201 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
Feb 6, 20201 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
Jan 29, 20201 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
Jan 28, 20201 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
Dec 16, 20191 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
Dec 11, 20191 min read
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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...
Debra Barnes
Dec 11, 20191 min read
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