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Jewish Refugees, 1938, Burnley
Jewish Refugees, 1938, Burnley
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239117
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EBU20130621002
Title
Jewish Refugees, 1938, Burnley
Jewish Refugees, 1938, Burnley
Place
Burnley
Personal names
Edward Pereles
General notes
Three Jewish boys from Czechoslovakia who were taken in by the headmistress of Burnley Open Air School, Miss Ruby McKay. Miss McKay went to Europe on an International Friendship Holiday. Here she met the parents of Edward (left) who were anxious about the threat posed by the Nazis. Ruby volunteered to take some children to Britain as a means of escape and adopt Edward if nesccessary. All of Edward's family died in Nazi concentration camps during the war, whilst he was safe in Britain.
Three Jewish boys from Czechoslovakia who were taken in by the headmistress of Burnley Open Air School, Miss Ruby McKay.
Miss McKay went to Europe on an International Friendship Holiday. Here she met the parents of Edward (left) who were anxious about the threat posed by the Nazis. Ruby volunteered to take some children to Britain as a means of escape and adopt Edward if nesccessary. All of Edward's family died in Nazi concentration camps during the war, whilst he was safe in Britain.
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Original image size
12.5 x 8
Year of image
1938
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HISTORY
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The World Wars
HISTORY
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Twentieth Century onwards
PEOPLE
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Burnley
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