{"id":25,"date":"2019-08-20T06:14:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T06:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2022-01-14T06:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T06:00:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">The Jews of the Armed Forces in WW2 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Contact has been made with many families who have provided information, documents, photos and memories of their relatives that are featured in this archive. Much of this information has not been seen, in many cases outside of the families and we are grateful to them all for their support in sharing them in this archive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/rjlogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/rjlogo.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/rjlogo-250x322.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/rjlogo-120x155.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comments from families include: <em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018Thanks\nfor your wonderful work, I am so glad you are collecting and saving this\nvaluable history for posterity. S<\/em><em>uch a lovely idea\nand I am grateful that my uncle won\u2019t be forgotten\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018Thank you once again for the unexpected, and unexpectedly emotional,\nphone call today, I cannot thank you enough for all you have done for my\nfamily, and for all of the Jewish members of Bomber Command\u2019<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acknowledgments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Grateful thanks go to all the families who have shared personal stories, letters, photos, documents and memories of their relative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to my family who have supported my thousands of hours of research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Sugarman of AJEX, photos and information from &#8216;We Will Remember Them&#8217; by Henry Morris &amp; Martin Sugarman, Annie Hersowitz for the Hebrew translations, Dr Dan Ellin at University of Lincoln, Dorothy Ramser, Steve Rogers at The War Graves Photographic Project, The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, The Royal British Legion, Jon Heyworth, Tony Hibberd, Di Ablewhite, Kelvin Youngs of Aircrew Remembered, Stuart Rosenblatt at the Irish Jewish Genealogical Society, Pete Tresadern of 35 Squadron Association, The Jewish News, The Jewish Chronicle Archives, Michael Greisman author of &#8216;Jews in Uniform&#8217; ISBN 978-I-5262-0727-2, RAF Commands and Jake Simmonds at <a aria-label=\"Develop Marketing (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.developmarketing.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Develop Marketing<\/a> for creating this website.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In memory of Thomas  #We Remember<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This archive is not affiliated with, funded or associated with any other organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This website and its content is \u00a9 Cathie Hewitt and is owned or managed by RememberingtheJewsofWW2.co.uk, The Jews of Bomber Command.com. and The Jews of the RAF.co.uk. 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