Exile

At Benediktská 685/2, the Jewish aid organization for the rescue of Jewish children and young people „Kinder- und Jugend-Alija“ was based. At the same time, the illegal headquarters of the Zionist youth association „Betar“ was located here.

 

Both associations aimed to organize child transports to Palestine; they were dissolved in 1942.

World Jewish Relief is a British aid organization that was founded in 1933 to support German Jews who had to suffer under the National Socialist regime. It played one of the main roles in organizing the Kindertransporte, which helped to bring about 10,000 German as well as Austrian children out of the Third Reich. Today, World Jewish Relief works on various social projects in a global context.

The Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) is a voluntary organization that works to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance in Britain. It was founded in 1942 by Grand Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz and Archbishop William Teple in response to Nazi oppression of Jews*to help them.