World War II

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Nobody Lives Here ★★★★

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Nobody Lives Here ★★★★

Lex Lesgever was born on 1 May 1929 in the historic heart of Amsterdam, where Jews had thrived for centuries. He was barely 11 when the Germans occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. By May 1945, approximately 107,000 of the 140,500 of the country’s Jewish population were wiped…

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Code Name Kingfisher ★★★★★

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Code Name Kingfisher ★★★★★

Liv is a year-eight student in present-day UK. She's shy and uncertain and currently navigating between wanting to fit in and wanting to be herself. She's been tasked with creating a family tree, which leads to all sorts of problems when she realises her only port of call is her stern Bubbe…

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Letter to Kamilla: Music in Jewish Memory

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Letter to Kamilla: Music in Jewish Memory

This year is proving to be a busy and fruitful one for Mosaic Voices. Members of the resident choral group of New West End Synagogue have built on the success of the beautifully made and wonderfully atmospheric music videos they…

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IWM London opens new Holocaust galleries

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IWM London opens new Holocaust galleries

After two years in the making, the Imperial War Museum London is finally set to open its brand new Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries on Wednesday 20 October. At three times the size of their award-winning…

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Getting Away With Murder(s)

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Getting Away With Murder(s)

We're pleased to announce that after 18 years of trying, filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson has finally brought his documentary, Getting Away With Murder(s), to the big screen. It is thanks in part to a sizeable donation made by one Jewish Renaissance reader after they read our feature…