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London 5

30 October 2025

Imperial War Museum London

with Hannah Devenney

Imperial War Museum – Wikipedia
Imperial War Museum London

Meeting Jill’s cousin David Leboff for the first time, at Southwark Station

Leboff, David; Demuth, Tim (1999). No Need to Ask! Early Maps of London’s Underground Railways. London: Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85414-215-3.

Southwark tube station – Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

West End Theatre, Chinatown & Trafalgar Square

West End theatre – Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The National Gallery

The National Gallery, London
The Nation’s Gallery. The story of European art, masterpiece by masterpiece.

Halloween in Letchworth

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Halloween – Wikipedia
A jack-o’-lantern, the carving and displaying of which is a Halloween tradition
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London 4

Letchworth to Kings Cross

King’s Cross, London – Wikipedia
Repurposed gas holders and canal locks at King’s Cross, with the buildings of St Pancras Square behind

Liberty

Liberty (department store) – Wikipedia
Liberty, commonly known as Liberty’s, is a luxury department store in London, England. It is located on Great Marlborough Street in the West End of London. The building spans from Carnaby Street on the East to Kingly Street on the West, where it forms a three storey archway over the Northern entrance to the Kingly Street mall that houses the Liberty Clock in its centre. Liberty is known around the world for its close connection to art and culture, but it is most famous for its bold and floral print fabrics. The vast mock-Tudor store also sells men’s, women’s and children’s fashion, beauty and homewares from a mix of high-end and emerging brands and labels.

Oxford Street

Oxford Street – Wikipedia
View east along Oxford Street in May 2016

Meeting Saul and Ivan in Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage – Wikipedia
Swiss Cottage is an area in the London Borough of Camden, England. It is centred on the junction of Avenue Road and Finchley Road and includes Swiss Cottage tube station. Swiss Cottage lies 3.25 miles (5.23 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross. The area was named after a public house in the centre of it, known as “Ye Olde Swiss Cottage”.

Selfridges

Selfridges, Oxford Street – Wikipedia
Oxford Street frontage

Oxford Street to Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus – Wikipedia
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London’s West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. In this context, a circus, from the Latin word meaning “circle”, is a round open space at a street junction.[1]

The National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery, London – Wikipedia
The main entrance in June 2023

Getting ready for Halloween

Halloween – Wikipedia
Halloween, or Hallowe’en[7][8] (less commonly known as Allhalloween,[9] All Hallows’ Eve,[10] or All Saints’ Eve),[11] is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day. It is at the beginning of the observance of Allhallowtide,[12] the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.[3][13][14][15] In popular culture, the day has become a celebration of horror and is associated with the macabre and the supernatural.[16]
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London IAJGS Conference 2023

30 July – 3 August 2023

Sunday 30 July

The Park Plaza – IAJGS Conference. First In-Person meeting in 4 years!

IAJGS Directors’ Board Meeting 

Some veterans

At the end of the first day!

Back to Northwick Park

Monday 31 July – Day 2 

With Geraldine Auerbach at Northwick Park Tube Station. On our way to the IAJGS conference

At the conference

Presentations

Our CHOL presentation

 

The Presentation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f4XMXhkeA2IqG7gqWmrOyIBp12SetsDN/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102562430616047740404&rtpof=true&sd=true

On our way home!

Monday 1 August – Day 2

Meryl Frank’s presentation

My second presentation

Resources for the presentation:

Meeting Stephen Smith & Bea Lewkowicz

 

Perth March 2014:

Today in Perth started off with morning tea at the State Library of Western Australia with my mining experts, historian Lenore Layman, Richard Hartley (who just completed “Westralian Founders of 20th Century Mining,”) and Peta Chappelle, whose PhD thesis on “Merton’s Reward” explored the involvement of Charles Kaufman (Ken’s Baden-born great great uncle) in the Western Australian mining boom in the 1890s. They brought me the kinds of goodies genealogists love & suggested new avenues of research. Thanks to Michelle Urban from the local JGS for arranging this & providing lunch with the effervescent Eli Rabinowitz followed by a tour of Perth.

 

Tuesday 2 August – Day 3

Crossing Westminster Bridge

Meeting Laura Konviser

Enjoying the London weather!

The 4th and final day – 3 August

The Imperial War Museum,  Lambeth

Back to the Park Plaza for the end of the conference

Back to Northwick Park

 

 

 

 

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London 2019 #1

London, June 2019

Here is a selection of my photos from the first couple of days of a six week  trip that will take me to London, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, Belarus and Poland.

This trip will include meetings in London, commemorations in Lithuania, a seminar at the International School of Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, my presentations in Jerusalem and Ra’anana, the reunion of the Bielski Partisans in Belarus, and a visit to Warsaw, before heading home to Perth, Australia. Hopefully I will see numerous family members and friends along the way.

To give you an idea of how far away Perth is from London,  my first flight was non-stop, and 16 hours 47 minutes long!

Getting there on the Qantas Dreamliner.

My view overlooking Primrose Hill Park

Someone homework reading material for me!

South Hampstead Shul

A lovely service and great kiddush!

Homepage – South Hampstead Synagogue

Homepage – South Hampstead Synagogue

Source: www.southhampstead.org/

Around Primrose Hill with my niece Natalie Rabinowitz 

From Primrose Hill through Regents Park to the West End.

West End Walk

A Sikh gathering in Trafalgar Square

In the direction of Covent Garden

The French Tea Store

Covent Garden

Covent Garden – Shopping, Food and Cultural Destination In London

Covent Garden – Shopping, Food and Cultural Destination In London

Discover what’s on in Covent Garden, London. From restaurants, pubs & cocktail bars to high street & designer shopping, there’s something for all the family.

Source: www.coventgarden.london/

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