Published: 23 July 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
A CENTURY AGO, there were 6,000 Jewish people in Wales, with the figure now in the hundreds and many aged 80 or over. The Jewish History Association of South Wales (JHASW) has crowdfunded A$5,000 towards an archive.
"Of the 72 people we've interviewed since August 2017, seven of them have already died and the average age of the others is 85," said Klavdija Erzen. "So it's vital we create a permanent record of their lives in Wales."
Ms Erzen, who is JHASW's project manager on the scheme, explained "time is of the essence".
But volunteers want to create a more lasting legacy, which could cost A$100,000 to place online and at museums.
FULL STORY Wales' Jewish history: Call to record it before it is too late (BBC)
Photo: The Wartski family ran a shop on Bangor high street
