He devoted his life to an astonishing range of causes which included Rotary, the Samaritans, Probus Club, the World Education Fellowship and the English Speaking Board, as well as reading for the blind, prison visiting and learning Spanish his daughter Robin lived in Spain and Japanese he hosted many Japanese Rotary scholars. He received the Paul Harris award, Rotary's highest honour for outstanding service, three times.
There was initial resistance from Golders Green, but his persistence and plea for reconciliation prevailed. Revelling in travel to remote corners of the globe, in his mids he was hang-gliding in New Zealand and in his 90s he was in Madagascar, Borneo, Easter Island and Argentina. His family and friends meant everything to him and this love and warmth was returned. He brought a touch of magic and delight to me and my sister, Robin; his grandsons, Guy, Kim and Tristan; and his great-grandchildren, Jess and Tom.
We all survive him, along with Annie Morley-Slinn, his partner since Other lives Germany. Klaus Neuberg obituary. Klaus Neuberg had an academic career in New Zealand before establishing himself in London. Roger Neuberg. Reuse this content. British honor diplomats who helped Jews flee Nazis Miliband: 'He who saves just one life is considered as if he has saved an entire world. British diplomats who helped Jews and other victims of Nazi persecution were honored at the Foreign Office in Whitehall on Thursday evening with the unveiling of a plaque in their memory.
Between and , British diplomats living in Germany, Austria and other European countries gave nearly 30, Jews visas to Britain, as well as granting them entry to Mandatory Palestine.
Frank Foley, who was an MI6 agent based at the British Embassy in Berlin during the s, played an integral part in helping thousands of Jews escape from Nazi Germany. Working as a passport control officer as a cover for his intelligence work, he used his position to provide papers for Jews. Foley also helped forge passports and even sheltered people in his own home at grave personal risk.
Others who also helped may have escaped history's limelight, but all their efforts deserve to be remembered. Klaus Neuberg's father, Max Neuberg, was sent to Sachsenhausen during Kristallnacht along with three of his nephews. Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes, counsellor and charge d'affaires at the British Embassy in Berlin, ensured that all of them, together with their wives and children, got immigration visas for New Zealand.
Also present was John Cooke, whose grandparents were given visas by Smallbones in November and who settled in Dublin. Ruth Weyl's father was offered shelter by Foley in Berlin, when he tried to escape imprisonment by the Nazis. She herself received a student visa that helped her flee. Other attendees included George Weidenfeld, co-founder of publishers Weidenfeld and Nicolson, who, at 18, was issued a visa to enter Britain by Thomas Kendrick, passport control officer in Vienna; and Alec Shapiro, whose father-in-law was helped to emigrate to the UK with his wife and two children by British Vice-Consul in Munich Frank Fulham.
Philanthropist and businessman Sir Sigmund Sternberg, who was integral to the commemoration initiative, said: "The brave British diplomats, known and unknown, who displayed their concern for the suffering of Jews and other victims of Nazism, are properly entitled to the recognition and appreciation which we accord them with the unveiling of this plaque.
It will forever be a reminder of the fact that, even in the most terrible of circumstances, individuals of good conscience can make a contribution to the safeguarding of humanity. It is also important to provide a reminder that human beings can, in situations where civilized values are being undermined, find the strength of character and purpose to resist the evil impulses of the age, and to rescue the victims of barbarity.
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