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Private Albert Hudson – tortured at the Somme
Albert Hudson was born on 26 November 1892 in Leeds, to Alfred and Elizabeth. Alfred worked as a brewers draughtsman, most likely at the Tetley brewery which was one of Leeds’ largest employers and nearby to their home. On the 1901 census, Elizabeth was a homemaker and the couple had five children aged between 17… Continue reading
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How love, determination, ingenuity and water buffaloes saved the lives of 420 people in the holocaust.
Eva Ruth Arend was born in Prague to Oskar and Irma Arend on 1 April 1920, her brother came along the year after. The Arends were a wealthy family and prioritised the education of their children, private tutors ensured Eva could fluently speak 3 languages in childhood and she learnt 5 more in adulthood. Victor… Continue reading
The Stories Behind the Stones 