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Dec 21, 2018, 11:18 AM

Kinder inquiries have already started rolling in this week

Visa issued to a Jewish woman who accompanied a Kinder to the UK

The announcement that the German government will make a one-time payment to the child refugees who came to Britain on a Kindertransport is both welcome and symbolic and comes at a time of unprecedented interest in the Kinder. Unlike previous milestones, the 80th anniversary of...

Oct 9, 2017, 1:35 PM

Bosnia still not ready to collectively mourn its recent history

Aged 17, Nedzad Avdic was herded together with other Bosniak men and boys, separated from their womenfolk, and taken to a field for execution. Miraculously, not only did the gunmen’s bullets fail to kill him, he managed to survive the aftermath by foraging in the...

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Michel Newman is Chief Executive of The Association of Jewish Refugees UK