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Country: United Kingdom
Holding Institution: Holocaust Centre North

  1. Holocaust Centre North (Holocaust Survivors' Friendship Association)

    • Holocaust Centre North
    • HCN
    • English
    • 1915-2024
    • 128 standard boxes, 2 outsize boxes, 26 objects; approx. 940GB digital records

    Records of the Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association charity, publicly known as Holocaust Centre North.HSFA originated in 1995, after a small group of social workers at the Leeds Jewish Welfare Board realised that many of their clients had something in common – they were Holocaust survivors. The LJWB approached Holocaust survivor Heinz Skyte to plan a mutual support group for fellow survivors and in 1996 HSFA was formally established. The HSFA’s activities soon grew from survivors sharing their experiences with each other over tea and coffee, to survivors regularly speaking about thei...