Paul Willer, refugee from Nazis taken in by Attlee family, dies aged 94

Willer was taken in by the Labour leader and future prime minister after fleeing Germany following Kristallnacht

A refugee who fled the Nazis and was quietly taken in by the family of Clement Attlee in the run-up to the second world war, has died.

Paul Willer, 94, escaped Germany in 1939 with his Jewish mother and brother after being sponsored by the then Labour leader.