
What is recorded here
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.
ORT Technical Engineering School provided technical education for Jewish boys excluded from state schools under Nazi rule, relocating to Leeds in 1939 where it continued to offer crucial educational opportunities amidst the turmoil of World War II.
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