The ’45 Aid Society was set up as a charitable organisation in 1963. Its founders were a group of child Holocaust survivors, known as ‘The Boys’, who were brought to Great Britain after the end of World War II.

Over 700 children were brought to the UK. The Boys, who actually included over 200 girls, became a tight-knit friendship group, much like an extended family. They built successful new lives in Britain, the US, Israel, Australia and across the world.

The organisation supports the survivors and their families as a social organisation, but also in moments of need. The Boys wanted to give back to the society that had welcomed them.