Chancellor launches fund-raising campaign for Chair of German-Jewish Studies

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Lord Attenborough, film director and University Chancellor, hosted a fund-raising dinner on 22 February at the House of Lords, where he launched a £1.5 million appeal to establish a Chair of German-Jewish Studies.

The dinner was attended by the German Ambassador, Dr Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz. Other guests included Sir Claus Moser, Chairman of the British Museum Development Trust and Professor Peter Pulzer, Chairman of the Leo Baeck Institute in London.

Pictured (left to right) are guest speaker Mr Michael Blumenthal, formerly Secretary to the Treasury in Washington DC and now Chief Executive of the Jewish Museum in Berlin; Lord Attenborough and his wife, the actress Sheila Sim; and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alasdair Smith.