We are thrilled that five AJR members – Suzanne Rappaport-Ripton, Rolf Penzias, Ike Alterman, Martin Kapel and Jacques Weisser, have been recognised in The King’s Birthday Honours.
These remarkable stalwarts of our community and fellow members of The Association of Jewish Refugees have been recognised for their dedication and contributions to Holocaust education and remembrance. Ike has been a dedicated member of the 45 Aid Society and gives several talks a year about his experiences in the concentration camps while Jacques deserves our grateful appreciation as one of the organisers of the national Yom HaShoah commemoration at The Dell in Hyde Park. Rolf is a long-standing member of the AJR Kindertransport committee helping to organise Kindertransport reunions and commemorative events while Suzanne and Martin gave their testimony to the AJR as part of its unique My Story life book archive.
They all give of themselves so that communities throughout the country have the opportunity to hear from an eye-witness to the crimes of the Nazis. We wish them and their families mazel tov!
