Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) How Valley
helped young refugees flee persecution
by the Nazis Now boys return as
men and say thanks special feature by Ben Carlish
A REMARKABLE reunion which took place at Waddow Hall showed that the Kosovars are not the only European refugees to be wel comed to the Ribble Valley.
elderly men, came from London, Canada, Ger
many and even Buenos Aries to gather at Wad dow Hall to remember together their time in the Ribble Valley all those
Sixty years ago, thousands of young German and Austrian boys of Jewish descent fled Nazi perse cution under the auspicis of the Christian Council for Refugees from Ger many and Central Europe.
Of those, 70 wide-eyed and apprehensive boys came to Riversmead School (now Rowland County High School). Each had 10 shillings in his pocket and a stick of salami. Naturally local curiosity was roused. "Riversmead has been materially attuned as a home and training school for refugee boys from central Europe," reported the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times of July 28th,
An official ceremony, held to welcome the boys, was organised by the Christ ian Refugee Council, the Social Welfare Depart ment of the Methodist Church and the National Children's Home and Orphanage organisation.
1939.
"We were all from Christian families, but had Jewish blood in us, so we had to escape," said Dr Nick Boheimer (73), who came from Cologne and who now is a practising doctor in South London and has five children. He said they were all fright ened for their futures when they arrived and were not sure whether or not they would ever see their parents again. Many of them, tragical ly, did not.
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The Advertiser and Times correspondent was part of the party shown around the school and he reported: "... they were grand lads, courteous, well mannered and apparently happy in the beauty and serenity of their new surroundings."
The Rev. W. Simpson, speaking at the ceremo ny, commented: "It was through experience and training at Riversmead they regarded the boys as potential peacemakers for the coming genera tion that the main responsibility for recon struction was to begin."
Mr Alex Buxbaum (74) rec ollected: "Hundreds of us came across on the boat from the Hook of Hol land. We all came to London and we had labels on us saying who we were. Myself and two other lads were sent to Riversmead and we were the last three to arrive. It was a very traumatic time for many of us. Some of the boys were: IS young as 11 and didn't know what was going to happen." But Mr Buxbaum, one of several who settled here for some time after the war, fell in love with the Ribble Val ley and its friendly peo ple. He now lives in West Bradford with his wife, Doris, to whom he has been married for 55 years."When I came here I went to Blackburn with my mates and we looked at all the smoke from the chimneys and I said there was no way I was going to live here, but I was the one who ended up staying!"
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Williams.
The latest reunion was attended by nearly 20 people who swopped reminiscences and tales
been doing over the years. They also resolved to donate some money to Kosovar refugees who, like they did so many years ago, found them selves the victims of racial persecution.
about what they had A grander reunion took ------- . , i
"We would like to take the opportunity to thank
place at Rowland Coun ty High School to mark the 50th anniversary 10 years ago and Mr Williams is confident that there will be many more to come.
local people for the way
in which we were so well received in our time here |
by the people of the Rib ble Valley - and in 20 years' time we hope to bo celebrating another | reunion, so long as the Zimmer frames are at the
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Earlier this month, a hand ful of those boys, now
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