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Bridget Newman Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 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... Previous Person Next Person

Hans Danziger Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 996: How To Hide In Berlin Hans Danziger My father had nerves of steel. Before the war, Jews were obliged to put ‘Israel’ in front of their names. My father refused... Previous Person Next Person

Trude Silman MBE Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 997: My Mother & Father Trude Silman MBE My mother is a question mark. I know she survived ‘til 1944 because we used to get the odd occasional 25-word Red Cross letter, but then it stopped... Previous Person Next Person

Harry Bibring BEM Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 995: Father's Shop Harry Bibring BEM It was perfectly OK to try & obtain Jewish property by purchasing it at a peppercorn price... Previous Person Next Person

Helen Aronson BEM Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 983: The Struggle To Stay Alive Helen Aronson BEM We were taken to a disused prison. People were crying & hungry, not knowing anything. In the morning, Chaim Rumkowski came... 986: The End of Łódź Ghetto Helen Aronson BEM In 1944, the ghetto was closed, everybody sent to camps. But the Germans decided: there's still some money to be made... Previous Person Next Person

Betty Bloom Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 987: Father's Deportation Betty Bloom Unfortunately, at 6am, there was a knock on the door & two Gestapo officers marched in & arrested my father... Previous Person Next Person

Ivor Perl BEM Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 988: Getting Up From The Dust Ivor Perl BEM I was only 12 when I was taken to Auschwitz. I feel very, very hurt that I haven’t got many memories of my family... Previous Person Next Person

Eva Mendelsson Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 989: Buying Sauerkraut & Soap Eva Mendelsson When you're a child, when nasty things happen, you remember. It makes a tremendous impression, even if you don’t quite understand... Previous Person Next Person

Bronia Snow Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 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... Previous Person Next Person

Margot Harris Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 980: Getting Streetwise Margot Harris When we were packing for England, the Gestapo came & went through all the cutlery drawers & took the silver cutlery & this & that... Previous Person Next Person

Jack Cynamon Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 981: 4th of the 4th, 1944 Jack Cynamon My first recollection is aeroplanes in the sky in Brussels. One morning the sky was full of aeroplanes. There must have been 60... Previous Person Next Person

Gerta Regensburger Read full biography at The AJR / Refugee Voices Testimony Archive Memories 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... Previous Person Next Person