He also fought against Oswald Moseley and his odourous cohorts in the East End of London. He was put into an orphanage at the age of 5 by a mother who couldn't cope. he went back to live with her when he was 11, and eventually she apprenticed him to an hairdresser. I think he did extremely well, from such humble, and difficult beginnings. He was Jewish, so his action s were understandable, no matter how much it clashes with your present beliefs. It was before many of you were born, and you cannot judge people's action then, by the values and beliefs of today.