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August 14, 2018
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Rob Rinder’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’

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Refugee paperwork from the 1940s

14th August 2018

Rob Rinder’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’

We are delighted that World Jewish Relief’s archives were featured on BBC 1’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, which saw Rob Rinder uncover his family history in an emotional and moving episode.

Rob’s grandfather, Morris Malenicky (Moses Malinicky), survived the Holocaust and was brought to Britain after the war by World Jewish Relief, known at that time as the Central British Fund.

Follow the link to watch a clip from ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’.

If your family, like Rob Rinder’s, came to the UK or through the UK, as some continued on to North America, in the 1930s or 40s from Nazi-Europe, we might have documents in our archives with information from when they first arrived and how we helped them establish new lives. Apply for your family records today by filling out our enquiry form.