About us

Ernest Kramer came to the UK after the 1948 takeover by the Communist Party. He was a successful confectioner, and he left with a secret recipe from an East German company. In the UK he joined a company in York and became one of its leading lights.

Eva's escape

Ernest then attempted to get his wife Eva to join him, but she was barred from leaving by the Czech authorities. In order to eventually join her husband, she had first to divorce Ernest, then marry a compliant Englishman and arrive in the UK as his wife. Once safely in the UK, the Englishman released his wife and Ernest remarried her.

A lasting legacy

Ernest and Eva could not have children. Eva left her money to create a fund to support Czech refugees coming to the UK.

After 1989 the fund became moribund, and it was not until after Ernest died in 1998 that the monies morphed into the current Anglo-Czech Educational Fund, registered with the Charity Commissioners in 2005.

The fund was set up to give educational grants to Czech students studying in the UK.