top of page
1000 memories logo.png

Nerves of Steel

realrealtree.png

Memories

925: Finding Something Good In EverythingUrsula GilbertMy father always used to find something good in everything. He'd say: ‘Things are not so bad. We'll get through it.’ Until the very last day...Read Full Memory
926: Dressing Up As A Gestapo OfficerBetty BloomThe Gestapo were coming to arrest a Jewish baby in an orphanage. So my sister dressed up as a German officer and demanded this child...Read Full Memory
929: Fending For Myself Aged 9Stephen NagyI contracted scarlet fever. You had to go to an isolation hospital for six weeks. The fascist Hungarians took over. So, I was stuck in hospital...Read Full Memory
930: Reunion After 22 Years In SiberiaDorothy BohmMy sister was one when I left. 22 years later I saw her again. We had no language in common. No memories in common, no childhood. Nothing...Read Full Memory
932: A Cigarette For An Iron CrossHarry WeinbergerA very young lieutenant in charge of us told me that the British Army will fight to the last alien, to the last foreign soldier...Read Full Memory
933: Interned In AlgeriaErna KleinOne Arabic sentence helped a lot. It meant: ‘Are you drunk or whatever is the matter with you?’ That helped me out of a few difficult situations...Read Full Memory
936: Why It's Necessary To Talk & WriteSelma van de PerreI didn’t speak at all the first 30 years! To anyone or anything or myself. It was in 1975 with the opening of the Ravensbrück Memorial...Read Full Memory
943: The Legless Side Of The BedLaszlo RomanI was always told I mustn’t pee by the side of the road because someone might see that I am circumcised...Read Full Memory
945: Dad's Blood-Drenched ShirtBea Green MBE I believe trying to protect your children by not telling them everything is a terrible thing. Because it makes them imagine things worse than reality...Read Full Memory
946: Being Stateless Is An AdvantageBenno SternMy father, by a great stroke of fortune, was made stateless by Poland because he’d fled the country. It worked to our advantage...Read Full Memory
955: 28 People Hiding In The LoftRivka ReichWe thought going to Auschwitz would be just hard labour. But my father was different. He thought we must escape...Read Full Memory
957: How To Hide In ViennaFather Francis WahleLetter-writing was timetabled: once a week. But from 1942 onwards there were no letters in reply because my parents went underground...Read Full Memory
961: Having My RevengeWilly FieldI was a refugee from Nazi oppression. I wanted to have my revenge & I had my revenge. That was a wonderful feeling...Read Full Memory
996: How To Hide In BerlinHans DanzigerMy father had nerves of steel. Before the war, Jews were obliged to put ‘Israel’ in front of their names. My father refused...Read Full Memory
bottom of page