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927: The Wonderful Thing
Ruth Rogoff
My father was a courier for getting people out of Germany & over the border into Czechoslovakia, illegally. One day he was betrayed...
930: Reunion After 22 Years In Siberia
Dorothy Bohm
My 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...
935: Starting To Speak
Mala Tribich MBE
Talking about my experiences was a very gradual process. Before no one was talking & no one asked...
938: Some Kind Of Darkness
Eva Evans MBE
I wanted to be a writer. But I never felt that I could write in English the way I could have done in German. So that was the end of that...
946: Being Stateless Is An Advantage
Benno Stern
My father, by a great stroke of fortune, was made stateless by Poland because he’d fled the country. It worked to our advantage...
948: Not Remembering My Emotions
Hella Pick CBE
I can still see myself arriving at Liverpool Street Station. But I can’t remember much about the journey. Just a blank. It’s shocking...
956: Getting To Grips With It
Gerti Baruch
On Sundays in Vienna my father used to take me to Café Siller, along the Promenade. He used to read the paper...
971: Equalising What Happened
Dr Charlotte Feldman
They used to demonstrate in the street below us. They used to shout, ‘Jews to Palestine!’ I had a very happy childhood...
972: Discovering My Brother Was Alive
Mala Tribich MBE
One day I got a letter from my brother Ben. We were in this stately home with all its beauty, I opened it, I read it & was so excited...
976: Coming To England Alone Aged 5
Hannah Wurzburger
It's a bottomless pit. So absolutely appalling. Children are so vulnerable. Especially when they're separated from their family...
979: Sitting Through That
Bronia Snow
My parents always discussed everything. But not a word was spoken about my going to England. So I found myself one fine day...
982: Not Dwelling On Things
Gerta Regensburger
I have no feelings & not many memories. I’m not a very retrospective person. It always amazes me that so many people remember...
992: Chickenpox
Bridget Newman
I was stuck. Then one day, the doorbell rang: a Gestapo. He came in, he was really rather nice. He had white hair & a big, white moustache...
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