Now known as the World Jewish Fund.  Established in 1933 as the Central British Fund, the charity rescued over 100,000 Jewish people from Germany before WWII and was also largely responsible for organising the , bringing over 10,000 unaccompanied, mainly Jewish children, from Nazi-occupied Europe.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief
Creations i
Kindertransport - Meisler
Such a sad and touching subject, these children can't fail but bring to mind ...
Other Subjects
Barking Abbey
Former royal monastery. Founded by St Erkenwald, whose sister, Aethelburg, was the first abbess. Destroyed by the Danes it was rebuilt in the 10th century. William the Conqueror stayed here after h...
St Joseph's School - Bermondsey
From St Joseph's History page: The Sisters of Mercy's convent was established in Bermondsey with the specific objective of opening a school here. The school was first run in East Lane until 1840 wh...
Savoy Conference
This conference was held at the Savoy Palace after the restoration of Charles II and was attended by 12 Anglican bishops and 12 Puritan ministers, each side having 9 assistants. It was an attempt...
Burial ground for St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham
From 1782 it had served as a burial ground for the Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, but was nearly full by 1835, when a new Burial Ground in Oak Lane was opened. The older burial ground wa...
Hannen Swaffer and Mrs Swaffer
Supporters of the Rochester Square Spiritualist Temple.
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them