Date:1942
Description:Image:Birmingham Hebrew Congregation Singers Hill Year Book; Annual Report, 31st Dec, 1942. Zoe Josephs has written that one of the first sanctuaries for refugees was a house on Duchess Road, Edgbaston, belonging to Hannah and Bernard Simmons. However, the growing influx of Jews escaping persecution would soon make it necessary for a central organisation- the 'Birmingham Council for Refugees'.
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It has been estimated that Birmingham received approximately 700 Jewish refugees between 1933 and 1945.There ...
Image: Harry Levine Jewish Community Press Book Cuttings, 1939-42 no 519406. Why was it necessary ...
Image:Birmingham Hebrew Congregation Singers Hill Year Book; Annual Report, 31st Dec, 1942. Zoe ...
Image: a photograph of Jewish Refugees in Birmingham. (Harry Levine, Press Cuttings, 1941 part 1). Behind ...
Image: Harry Levine, Newspaper Cuttings, sept-dec 1942 part 2. This image features a group of Jewish ...
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