Jack Agin – Kitchener Camp

Born: Valetta, Malta, 7 April 1896

Profession: Kitchener camp chief cook

Previously worked as a cook for the Jewish Lads Brigade

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Editor's note
Jack Agin was not a Kitchener camp refugee, but was the chief cook. 

Jack had previously worked as a cook for the Jewish Lads Brigade.

Kitchener camp, Jack Agin, Cook, 1939. On the back of the photograph it reads ‘Walmer 1939’ – and the family thinks this might refer to the Jewish Lads Brigade, because that is where he worked for a time – and given the tents in the background
Kitchener camp, Jack Agin, Cook, 1939
Kitchener camp, Jack Agin, Cook, 1939. On the back of the photograph it reads: ‘Sandwich Kent 1939’
Kitchener camp, Jack Agin, Cook, 1939. Oskar Pressburger is sitting on the left holding the large wooden paddle with ‘Kosher’ written on it. Source: Clare Ungerson’s Four Thousand Men, with the kind permission of The Wiener Holocaust Library