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Ort Technical Engineering School blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: ORT Technical Engineering School. An ORT school was established in Berlin in 1937 to provide a technical education for Jewish boys excluded from state schools. fleeing the Nazis, in 1939 the school was relocated to Leeds. Most of the 106 boys lived here, while continuing their training at workshops in Roseville Avenue. 1940-42 Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

From the Open Plaques record 41962

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  • Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dr Neil Clifton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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