Exhibition:   Oxford Town Hall   January - March 2012

           Life between the Nations: A war-time refugee story’             

Persecution and survival: the experience of the German Jewish refugee Paul Jacobsthal

Hosted at the Oxford Town Hall, Jointly by the University of Oxford School of Archeology, Oxford City of Sanctuary Group and the Association of Jewish Refugees, the exhibition contained information from Professor Jacobsthal’s own archive of his wartime and refugee experiences. It also collected oral histories from volunteers who came forward with their own memories of the period. As well as the exhibition, the project will make Professor Jacobsthal’s letters available to the public digitally. They will catalogued, digitized, and made available on the web from 2011.

For more information go to   http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/jacobsthal.html  

To see images from the exhibition see article below:

Phil Mercer on Sunday  

In case you didn't know; Phil Mercer's Sunday Breakfast show on BBC Oxford 95.2 FM takes a look at what's been happening in the lives of those in faith communities in Oxfordshire.  It also keeps an eye on the morning's news, travel and the latest weekend sport.

On Sunday the 28th of March 2010, from 0800 - 0830, Evie Kemp, Convenor and Pam Manix the principle researcher of the Oxford Jewish Heritage Committee, appeared on the Sunday Breakfast Show talking about the project and the website.    BBC Oxford 95.2FM.

In case you missed the show here is a link to the BBC Oxford website's report of the interview with an audio track of part of it, where Pam Manix took a stroll through medieval Oxford with Rich Ward of Oxford BBC.