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Talk: Remembering Wartime Willesden

  • Willesden Jewish Cemetery Beaconsfield Road London, England, NW10 2JE United Kingdom (map)
 

Discover the outstanding wartime contribution made by the Jewish community. Remembering the heroic and ultimate sacrifice of many who are commemorated in Willesden Jewish Cemetery.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Retired Judge Dr Jonathan Lewis will give a talk on his book Jewish Chaplaincy in the British Armed Forces, Captains of the Souls of Men, 1892-2021. This ground breaking contribution to British, Jewish, religious and military history is a result of years of research into Victorian archives, military records and family papers.

FEATURED STORIES TO INCLUDE:

- Men who sacrificed their lives to save others

- Writing home from the trenches

- First Jewish Chaplain to serve in the field

- A rascal who became a hero

- Wartime artist

- The Jewish involvement at Bletchley Park

Later Event: 10 November
Death Café