Fewer than 100,000 Jews survived the death camps, slave camps and death marches of Hitler's Reich.  Sixty seven years ago, 732 of those survivors; most of them boys, about eighty of them girls, made the journey to Britain.  They travelled under the auspices of the Central British Fund, a Jewish organisation which had been active in helping refugees since the rise of Hitler in 1933.

What  this particular group of orphan refugees had in common, apart from their wartime experiences, was the journey they made together.  In the months and years that followed, they were joined by other survivors from across Europe, all needing a new start to life.  

In 1963, the 'Boys' set up their own '45 Aid Society'  - a charitable organisation, named after the year they first came to Britain - to remember those who were lost; help their members who needed help; teach the lessons of the Holocaust; spread the message of tolerance; and help others more widely. 

To celebrate the Golden Anniversary of the Society, they and the Second and Third Generations are holding a celebratory reunion dinner on the date commemorating their liberation, May 4th, 2013. 

The theme of the event is "50 Years of Giving Back" - an opportunity to celebrate life and family by raising £50,000+ for 50 charitable organisations that, together, embrace and reflect the Boys' goals.