Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
Tel: 0845 838 1883
enquiries@hmd.org.uk
www.hmd.org.uk
Holocaust Memorial Day provides an opportunity for everyone to learn lessons from the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides and apply them to the present day to create a safer, better future. On HMD we share the memory of the millions who have been murdered in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur in order to challenge hatred and persecution in the UK today.
45 Aid Society Holocaust Survivors
Tel: 01923 850816
45aidsociety@onetel.com
Established in 1963 the 45 Aid Society consists mainly of survivors of concentration camps who came to Britain in 1945/46. The Society is active in the community, helps members and charities and is a major source of survivors who give testimony of their experiences to schools, councils and community groups.
Association of Jewish Refugees
Tel: 0208 385 3070
enquiries@ajr.org.uk
www.ajr.org.uk
The Association of Jewish Refugees provides an extensive range of social and welfare services, and grants financial assistance to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution living in Great Britain. In addition to a dedicated social services team, AJR operates a nationwide network of regional groups and offer a volunteers service and advice on Holocaust compensation claims.
Child Survivors Association – AJR
email H.Obstfeld@talk21.com
The Child Survivors Association – AJR represents a group of child survivors of the Holocaust and their partners which arranges regular meetings. It is a Special Interest Group of the Association of Jewish Refugees
Kindertransport
www.ajr.org.uk
A special interest group of the Association of Jewish Refugees, the Kindertransport represent the children who fled Nazi-controlled Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia between 1938 and 1939 and prior to the start of the Second World War. Contact can be made through the offices of the AJR (above)
The Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association
HSFA
The HSFA is a Leeds-based charity set up in 1996. Their primary aim is to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and use its lessons to work towards a more tolerant society in which difference and diversity are celebrated. HSFA members regularly visit schools to give living witness accounts of their personal experiences as refugees, hidden children and survivors of Nazi concentration camps.
Holocaust Survivor’s Centre
Tel: 0208 202 9844
Email: hsc@jcare.org
The Holocaust Survivor’s Centre is part of Jewish Care and is a Jewish Social Centre for Survivors who lived in Europe or came to Britain as refugees. The centre offers a varied social programme including art and creative writing classes, outings to theatre, as well as a drop in cafe facility for informal get-togethers. The centre also offers practical advice and befriending. Survivor testimonies are recorded and public speaking skills developed.
Anne Frank Trust
Tel: 020 7284 5858
info@annefrank.org.uk
www.annefrank.org.uk
The Anne Frank Trust works with young people in Britain today to help build a society based on acceptance, mutual respect, compassion and responsibility.
It does this through touring exhibitions about Anne Frank and educational work in schools. The Anne Frank Library is the newest lending and reference specialising in books and resources about Anne Frank, the Holocaust and the wider topics of prejudice and discrimination, social responsibility, conflict and behaviour, and all the moral issues surrounding these topics.
Holocaust Educational Trust
Tel: 020 7222 6822
info@het.org.uk
www.het.org.uk
HET works to promote knowledge of the Holocaust and its relevance for today and provides an outreach programme including educator-led workshops and survivor speakers. The Lessons from Auschwitz Course for teachers and post-16 students incorporate a visit to the former Nazi camp and pre and post-visit seminars.
Holocaust Survivors
www.holocaustsurvivors.org
Holocaust Survivors is an excellent educational resource about the Nazi Holocaust of Jews in World War II, includes interviews, photographs and audio.