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Holocaust Memorial in Germany
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Just before the outbreak of World War II, a factory owner travelled to Germany to bring back Jewish refugees to live in Welwyn Garden City.
Wim van Leer, owner of General Stampers ltd, returned to our town on January 15, 1939 from Leipzig after negotiating with the Gestapo to free 14 young people, many from the concentration camps.
The Dutch engineer van Leer went by himself to the German town, shortly before Kristallnacht in November 1938, and was supported in his efforts by a committee of Welwyn Garden City locals.
The Society of Friends was formed by one of the founders of Welwyn Garden City Captain Richard Reiss, a Liberal then Labour MP, student Edgar Reissner who was at King’s College, London and Quaker Geoffrey Edwards.