World Jewish Relief

World Jewish Relief

World Jewish Relief (WJR) is a British Jewish charitable organisation and is the main Jewish overseas aid organisation in the UK.

Founding

WJR was originally called the Central British Fund for German Jewry (CBF) and was founded in 1933. It played a major role in organising the Kindertransport which rescued around 10,000 German and Austrian children from Nazi Germany.

Post war years

WJR has operated in Aden, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, German, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

External links

* [http://www.worldjewishrelief.org.uk/ WJR's website]


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