Commemoration of the UN Resolution of November 29, 1947.
A joint venture of the World Zionist Organization, and the City of Netanya
Initiative and funding: Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
Right Marker
Design and . . . — — Map (db m212184) HM
John Henry Patterson was born in Ireland on November 10, 1876. He was an Irish Protestant who had a thorough knowledge of the Bible, and was sympathetic to the Jewish people in biblical times and to the Zionist idea.
He served in the British . . . — — Map (db m134674) HM
The S.S. Exodus was an American Aliyah Bet ship crewed by American volunteers together with Haganah operatives from pre-state Israel. Her mission was to rescue Holocaust survivors trapped in Europe after the murder of 6 million Jews, bringing them . . . — — Map (db m134635) HM
(Hebrew not transcribed)"Saul and Jonathan...they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions"...(Samuel 2, 1:23)
The Jewish people have lived here for over 3,000 years.
Donated by the Jewish American . . . — — Map (db m240258) HM
During Israel’s War of Independence, 1948-49, more than
4,800 volunteers, including 168 Christians, came from 59
countries to Israel’s aid. Some had served as crew on the 10
American-purchased Aliyah Bet ships that brought so many
Holocaust . . . — — Map (db m134663) HM
"You will be amazed at Jewish youth in Palestine...they have the look of freedom." Stephen Theodore Norman, 1918-1946. Last descendent of Theodor Herzl. Stephen Norman was the grandson of Theodor Herzl and his last descendent. Born in Vienna, . . . — — Map (db m134639) HM
On Menachem Begin Boulevard (Route 90), in the median.
נתיב האריות - בית שאן
(Hebrew text not transcribed)
"And Manasseh had in Issachar and Asher Beth Shean and it's towns..." . . . — — Map (db m240317) HM
May 29, 1948, the IAF/Machal's first combat operation occurred here. The four planes from Squadron 101 were all the fighters the Air Force had.
The surprise attack significantly helped the Givati and Negev brigades halt the Egyptian column . . . — — Map (db m223890) HM
“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. – Anne Frank”
“Of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, 1939-1945, 1.5 million were children. Anne Frank was one of them.”
“Children are the ultimate . . . — — Map (db m174633) HM WM
On Keizer Street just west of Heeren Street, on the right when traveling west.
This monument is in remembrance of the Surinamese Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in Europe during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the genocide of six million Jews in the years 1939-1945 by the Nazi government of Germany . . . — — Map (db m151277) HM WM
Remembering Austrian Jewish Artist
Albert Reuss
and his devoted wife
Rosa nee Feinstein
who fled Vienna to England in 1938
to escape the Nazi Holocaust.
They moved to Mousehole in 1948.
Because of Rosa's love . . . — — Map (db m206534) HM WM
Capt Isidore Newman, MBE
Jewish Secret Agent WW2
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
lived at 52/53 Hawthorn Terrace.
He was betrayed in France
and murdered in Mauthausen
concentration camp in 1944
Be strong and of good courage, . . . — — Map (db m222723) HM WM
In Memory of Philip Freeman/Friedman
Jewish Exeter Wartime Firewatcher
Age 67
Who was killed in the German bombing raid,
4 May, 1942.
Till 2022, his grave was unidentified
Hebrew Acronym v
(Samuel, 25:29, “May his soul be . . . — — Map (db m212023) WM
Mentioned in Despatches
Jewish secret agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)
lived at 9 Brownlow Court.
Captured and murdered in Mauthausen Concentration Camp, 1944.
Be strong and of good courage (Joshua 1:9) . . . — — Map (db m211224) HM WM
Marie Schmolka was the only Czechoslovak representative at the Evian conference of July 1938, which focused on the Jewish refugee crisis. After the Munich agreement of September 1938, together with Doreen Warriner, she organised the . . . — — Map (db m188406) HM
Chrystman was an evangelical Christian, a Polish Volksdeutsche, who managed the Kara-Hortensia Glass factory in Piotrkow-Trybunalski. He worked closely with Solomon Gomberg, a Jew from Lodz, to supervise the factory’s Jewish personnel. A large . . . — — Map (db m188414) HM
Holocaust Rescuer who saved tens of thousands of Jews
Wilfrid Berthold Jacob Israel was born into a liberal Jewish family of extreme wealth. His mother, Amy, the granddaughter of the Chief Rabbi of the U.K., Herman Adler, insisted he . . . — — Map (db m228001) HM
On Oakleigh Road North, on the right when traveling east.
Awarded the George Cross for courage in defusing a landmine in Garston, Liverpool. He was a Club Leader at the Oxford and St. George's Youth Club in Enriques Street, Whitechapel, which subsequently re-located to this site.
Be strong and of . . . — — Map (db m231042) HM
The son of Jewish immigrants, Simmon lived here from the 1920s till 1940. He was posthumously awarded this highest medal for bravery when attempting to save the lives of three men in a burning barracks in Mogadishu, December 1944. . . . — — Map (db m188335) HM
On the night of 17th September 1940 during The Blitz, at London Auxiliary Fire Station stood on this site when it was hit by a bomb Fireman Harry Ehrengott (Errington), son of Jewish immigrants living in Soho, won the George Cross the highest . . . — — Map (db m160254) HM
Leopold (Leo) Samuel Marks, MBE lived flat 410 Park West,
when Chief of Codes at Special Operations Executive (SOE) in WW2. He was a key trainer of secret agents sent to defeat the Nazis.
Set a watch before my mouth Lord:
and over the . . . — — Map (db m205212) HM
On Panton Street, 0.2 kilometers east of Haymarket, on the left when traveling west.
At 4 Panton Street was the Headquarters of the mostly Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women's organisation.
The 43 Group
They confronted the British neo-fascist movement in 1946-50 and early 1960s to rid Britain of anti-Semitism and all . . . — — Map (db m216002) HM
On Brooke Road at Cottage Walk, on the right when traveling west on Brooke Road.
At 9 Brooke Rd., lived Air Raid Warden
BARNETT LEWIS
(GM) George Medal
Jewish War Hero
September 23, 1940, at extreme personal risk,
he saved many civilians during the Blitz.
Be strong and of good courage. (Joshua . . . — — Map (db m201654) HM WM
On Lauriston Road, on the right when traveling north.
British Secret Agent for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), born and brought up in Hackney. Deployed to Corsica and France on two missions, he was betrayed then murdered by the Nazis at the Gross Rosen death camp in 1944.
He has no known . . . — — Map (db m231217) HM WM
On Hoxton Street near Falkirk Street, on the right when traveling north.
On the site of this College, formerly Shoreditch and Hoxton Schools, once
stood the Hoxton Jewish cemetery, burial ground of the old Hambro Synagogue
in the City, from 1707 till 1960. The remains were transferred to the West Ham
Jewish . . . — — Map (db m229343) HM
The Hackney Mortuary played an important role in a British military operation during the Second World War (1939-1945), which helped save the lives of thousands of soldiers.
In April 1943 Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu CBE KC RNVR, a British . . . — — Map (db m185958) HM
On Northwold Road at Geldeston Road, on the right when traveling east on Northwold Road.
Sir Arnold Wesker
famed Jewish playwrite and author,
lived many years in Hackney,
and attended
Northwold Primary School
1940-1943 — — Map (db m201679) HM
On Ridley Road at Kingsland High Road, on the right when traveling east on Ridley Road.
This Ridley Road plaque marks a key site where the mainly Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women anti-Fascist organization The 43 Group Confronted the British neo-fascist movement in 1946-50 and early 1960s to rid Britain of anti-Semitism and all . . . — — Map (db m237802) HM
On Whitehead’s Grove at Sloane Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Whitehead’s Grove.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honour
[Star of David]
A Jewish pre-war British spy, Vera joined Special Operations Executive (SOE), as an Intelligence Squadron Officer, F Section, . . . — — Map (db m203193) HM
On Chance Street at Whitby Street, on the right when traveling north on Chance Street.
Jewish war hero and Radar expert of 1942 WW2 Dieppe Raid
Fl. Sgt. Jack Nissenthall, RAF
attended the Cambridge and Bethnal Green Jewish Youth Club located at 4, Chance Street, E2
Be strong and of good courage (Joshua 1:9) . . . — — Map (db m220762) HM
On Stepney Green, on the right when traveling west.
Mentioned in Despatches
lived at 66 Stepney Green Court/Buildings.
Killed in Action at Gallipoli, 1915, WWI,
refusing to abandon his cutter, gallantly rowing soldiers
ashore in full view of the enemy.
He has no known grave. . . . — — Map (db m211398) HM WM
On Adler Street at Coke Street, on the right when traveling north on Adler Street.
Whitechapel was the centre of Jewish immigrant life.
From 1889 to the 1980s, on this site were located many national offices and societies of the Jewish community, a Yiddish theatre and a synagogue. — — Map (db m201062) HM
(Hebrew name and date of death not transcribed, but translates to:)
Reb' Chaim Tuvia the son of Yehudah Leib, died 18th of Iyar, 5737
Remembering
Kurt Theodor Goldschlager
Served in No. 3 Jewish Troop 10 Commando WW2
as . . . — — Map (db m201592) HM
Austrian born, Jewish, British Military Volunteer,
MI6 Secret Agent, WW2.
King's Commendation for Brave Conduct, 1944/1945.
while investigating and reporting on factories
where Nazis were thought to be developing
nuclear weapons, he . . . — — Map (db m232664) HM
Jewish Holocaust refugee and expressionist artist lived in this house until her death in 1965, after she was forced to flee Austria in 1938 — — Map (db m188400) HM
Admiral Sir Max Horton RN
Honoring British Commonality and Diversity
Commander-in-chief responsible for British participation in the Battle of the Atlantic, WWII.
Admiral Max Horton RN was of Jewish heritage born in Anglesey. . . . — — Map (db m174575) WM
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