Reunion Photos

Every year on or around 8 May, a number of the Boys and their families come together from around world for a reunion in London to celebrate the ‘45 Aid family. The reunion is timed to coincide with the anniversary of many of the Boys liberation at the Theresienstadt Ghetto. The event commemorates those who were lost and celebrates the survivors who built new lives.

The Boys were teenage and child-Holocaust survivors, who were brought to the UK after the war for rest and rehabilitation.

Members of the Boys were held in Nazi labour and concentration camps and used as slave labourers. They had also survived in hiding or as lone children.

Since 1965, the ’45 Aid Society has held an annual dinner. The Reunion Dinners are very much a family party for the Boys. They are often joined by politicians, celebrities and dignitaries, keen to celebrate with the extended family of the Boys. The Boys travel with their families from Canada, USA, Israel, all across the UK and from Europe. They share stories, tell jokes, dance, laugh and remember.

The Reunion events are even more important today, both for the few Boys who are still with us and for their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren who attend in their hundreds. The younger generations keep in contact via the second and third generation Facebook group and via this website. The Reunion is an important event for the Boys and their families and will remain a key date in the ‘45 Aid Society calendar.