| Code | DS/UK/2288 |
| Dates | 1904-1989 |
| Person Name | Layton; Julian (1904-1989); Lt. Col. |
| Surname | Layton |
| Forenames | Julian |
| Title | Lt. Col. |
| Activity | Former stockbroker and British officer served with Pioneer Corps and as Refugee and Internee Liaison Officer with Home Office in Great Britain, Australia and Germany, 1939-1946 |
| Relationships | Son to Leopold Loewenstein [who changed his surname to Layton in 1917] and Carolina Loewenstein |
| History | became stockbroker and member of the London Stock Exchange (1930); became a partner in firm R Layton and Co, and spent several years working in banks and stock broking firms in Germany and France (1933); sent to help select German and Austrian Jews for migration, mostly in Vienna at the offices of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde (ca. 1934); joined Central British Fund (1936); played key role in Frankfurt negotatiation for Cedar Boys (1939); was in Australia on business trip when cabled by the Jewish Refugees Committee and asked to persuade the government in Canberra to accept 500 young skilled refugees (1936); helped at Kitchener refugee camp (1939-1940); helping at Isle of Man camp (1940); helped at Lingfield Camp (1941); assisted with refugee compensation in Australia following Dunera scandal (1941); remained in Australia until 1945; attended ceremony for unveiling of plaque in Sandwich to commemorate Kitchener camp (1971). |
| Source | Layton, Julian (1904-1989): Papers (Wiener Holocaust Library)
Layton, Julian David (Oral history) (Imperial War Museum, catalogue no. 4382)
https://kitchenercamp.co.uk/research/julian-layton/ [DoA 07/08/2025]
'Julian Layton' [obituary], AJR (The Association of Jewish Refugees) Information (October 1989)
Rees, Jasper, 'Did you know my uncle?', in AJR (The Association of Jewish Refugees) Journal, vol. 24(6), June 2024. |
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