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The charity that went upstairs

March 1, 2012 11:54
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By

Simon Rocker,

Simon Rocker

1 min read

It's not often that a Jewish charity gets name-checked in a peak time BBC series. But the Central British Fund for German Jews - later to become World Jewish Relief - has a role in the revived period drama Upstairs Downstairs (above).

Now set in the run-up to the Second World War, the show has a sub-plot about the Kindertransport and the plight of Jews in Nazi Germany.

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