The museum holds a wealth of material relating to childhood and adolescence, including items from Jewish schools and youth clubs. We also hold important items relating to the Kindertransport (the rescue of around 10,000 Jewish children to Britain from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia) and a group of young survivors of the Holocaust who were admitted to Britain following the war, known as the “Boys”.
Primrose Leaves Magazine
Primrose Leaves magazine which was produced by the Primrose Jewish Youth Club. The club was founded in 1946 by young survivors of the Holocaust.
Thank You Card
Thank you card made and signed by young refugees of Dovercourt Bay Holiday Camp (near Harwich) addressed to Mr and Mrs Bond, the camp manager and his wife.
Toy Truck Belonging to Barney Greenman
Toy truck made in the early 1940s by Leon Greenman for his son, Barney
Jews’ Free School Journal
This is an issue of Ours, a fortnightly journal which was produced by the Jews’ Free School. This handwritten copy dates from 1886 and includes humorous and satirical essays, sketches, songs, and a chess column.
Doll Brought on the Kinderstransport
This doll belonged to Edith Rothschild, who was born in Frankfurt in 1925. On 11 May 1939, Edith came to Britain on the Kindertransport carrying the doll with her.
Luggage Label for Margrit Freudenbergova
This identifying tag was worn by 17-year-old Margit Freudenbergova on her journey from Prague in 1939. She was one of 10,000 Jewish refugee children who were admitted to Britain between December 1938 and September 1939
Thelma’s Doll House
Based on an actual house in Angmering-On-Sea, this modernist style doll’s house was made by Malcom Liblind for his daughter, Thelma.
Photograph Album Belonging to the Solomons Family
Photograph album belonging to the Solomons family during 1930s. The father, Maurice Solomons, was a Romanian immigrant who came to England in 1900.
Magazine for the Stepney Jewish Lads Club
An issue of The Stepnian, the magazine for the Stepney Jewish Lads’ Club, founded in the East End of London in 1901 containing club news, activities, poems and letters.
Jews’ Hospital and Orphan Asylum Banner
Banner of the Norwood Orphanage, now the childcare organisation Norwood, commemorating the founding of the Jews’ Hospital in 1795 and the Jews’ Orphan Asylum in 1831.
