Posted on December 3, 2025
World Jewish Relief works tirelessly to ensure that these stories survive. For decades, their archives, files containing the names of over 315,000 individuals and records of 65,000 refugees they supported, in the 1930s and 40s were lost and forgotten. Today, thanks to volunteers like Alex, these files are now available. Thousands of families (like myself), remain unaware that they even exist.
The challenges our community faces today are great. Rising antisemitism, Holocaust denial, misinformation. The responsibility to preserve these stories is ever more critical.
Are you the child of a refugee? Do you know children of refugees? Do you know descendants of refugees? Reach out to World Jewish Relief. Access those files. Invite your family and friends around the table to your table. It’s an opportunity to salute refugees themselves and those that rescued them.