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AJR Second Generation Survey

The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) is looking to develop specific services and areas of interest to appeal to both existing Second Generation (2G) members and also to attract new members. To the end of April 2019, over one-third of AJR's membership identified as second generation of survivors and refugees from Nazi-persecution. Please fill in this survey (whether you are currently a member of AJR or not) and share with others to help us identify the specific needs and interests of the Second Generation.
1.Do you belong to the Second Generation (at least one of your parents were refugees or survivors of Nazi oppression)?
2.Are you currently a member of The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)?
3.If you are not currently a member of AJR, why not?
4.The AJR are looking to encourage new Second Generation members. Whether or not you are a member of AJR, which of the following would you be interested in?
Very interested
Quite interested
Not at all interested
Not relevant to me
Social activities (with other Second Generation) such as coffee mornings, card and games evenings, outings etc.
Cultural activities to celebrate our parents' heritage such as concerts, trips to the opera and art galleries or our own art exhibition etc.
Trips to our parents' places of birth
Information on how to arrange for a Stolperstein for family members
Workshops and help with writing our parents' life stories and printing in a book
Advice on how to become a speaker, telling our parents' stories
Adding our parents' names to a virtual hall of remembrance (on the AJR website)
Adding our parents' names to a physical hall of remembrance at an appropriate venue
Purchasing a legacy pack to provide AJR membership for our own children to ensure the continuation of our parents' heritage
Attending seminars of interest to Second Generation e.g. historical talks, psychological impact, etc
Volunteer opportunities working with First Generation AJR members e.g. befriending
Obtaining emotional and therapeutic support
Obtaining financial support
Guidance on how to apply for an EU passport
Advice on what to do with our parents' documents, photographs and historical artefacts
Guidance on how to carry out genealogical research
5.If you are not currently a member of AJR and if we were to provide some or all of the above list of opportunities, would that encourage you to join?
6.If you answered No to the above question - why not?
7.Please tell us the name of any other Second Generation group you may belong to
8.If we were to produce a Second Generation newsletter, how would you like to receive / read it?
9.Where do you live?
10.Are one or both of your first generation parents still living? (If the answer is Yes and you would like to know more about the ways in which AJR can help your parent(s) please contact us on 020 8385 3070 or enquiries@ajr.org.uk)
11.Please tell us about your age (optional)
12.If you would like to receive more information from AJR about our offer to Second Generation, please put your email address in the comment box below.

AJR has a duty to protect your personal data which we take very seriously.  We will store your personal data (email address) on an electronic database. We are not permitted to use your personal data for any purpose which does not fit in with the reason why we obtained it in the first place. For example, we will never disclose it to anyone for sales or marketing purposes.
13.What would you like the AJR to organise for the Second Generation, in addition to what is mentioned above?