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931: Let Down Too Many TimesRuth Barnett MBEMy mother appeared out of nowhere. Which was how I experienced it: the grown-ups made arrangements & then I was told...Read Full Memory
941: Sharing The SandwichesHenry Wuga MBEIngrid & I got married on December 26 1944. In the middle of the war. We were in love & there was nothing to wait for. We were 20...Read Full Memory
948: Not Remembering My EmotionsHella Pick CBEI can still see myself arriving at Liverpool Street Station. But I can’t remember much about the journey. Just a blank. It’s shocking...Read Full Memory
967: Fitting InHella Pick CBEThe other pupils must have known I was a refugee. I became a Girl Guide & we were performing something & I was an African chief...Read Full Memory
969: No One In My SituationLia LesserIn 1939, my father married again in Prague. His wife was called Ola & she was a seamstress. When she came out of Auschwitz she got in touch...Read Full Memory
976: Coming To England Alone Aged 5Hannah WurzburgerIt's a bottomless pit. So absolutely appalling. Children are so vulnerable. Especially when they're separated from their family...Read Full Memory
977: The Cruel GuardianMaria AultMy first guardians were fine. But when we were evacuated we stayed with a very, very, very, very bad person who used to hit us...Read Full Memory
979: Sitting Through ThatBronia SnowMy parents always discussed everything. But not a word was spoken about my going to England. So I found myself one fine day...Read Full Memory
982: Not Dwelling On ThingsGerta RegensburgerI have no feelings & not many memories. I’m not a very retrospective person. It always amazes me that so many people remember...Read Full Memory
994: Grass Snakes At The BeaconLilly LampertAll I know: I wanted to come to England to be with my sister Gertie. I didn't know I wasn't going to see my parents again...Read Full Memory
998: Red Oaks Boarding SchoolRuth JacksonI was led upstairs to an empty dormitory & told that the very end bed was mine & I should have a bath & come down to tea. I felt miserable...Read Full Memory
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