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Finding Out Memories 979: Sitting Through That Bronia Snow My parents always discussed everything. But not a word was spoken about my going to England.... 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... 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 Experience Next Experience

Nicholas Winton Kindertransport Memories 979: Sitting Through That Bronia Snow My parents always discussed everything. But not a word was spoken about my going to England.... Previous Experience Next Experience

Kindertransport Memories 979: Sitting Through That Bronia Snow My parents always discussed everything. But not a word was spoken about my going to England.... 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... 994: Grass Snakes At The Beacon Lilly Lampert All 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... 998: Red Oaks Boarding School Ruth Jackson I 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... Previous Experience Next Experience

England London Memories 979: Sitting Through That Bronia Snow My parents always discussed everything. But not a word was spoken about my going to England.... 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... Previous Location Next Location

Encounter With Nazi Officials 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... 984: The Attack On Our School Albert Lester I was playing with a little car in the common room when there was this huge commotion, children were running, screaming... 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... 987: Father's Deportation Betty Bloom Unfortunately, at 6am, there was a knock on the door & two Gestapo officers marched in & arrested my father... 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... 990: The Shock Marianne Summerfield BEM My father was asked to report to Nazi headquarters. Stupidly, although my mother told him not to, he just walked into it... 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... 995: Father's Shop Harry Bibring BEM It was perfectly OK to try & obtain Jewish property by purchasing it at a peppercorn price... 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 Experience Next Experience

England Rusthall Memories 994: Grass Snakes At The Beacon Lilly Lampert All 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... Previous Location Next Location

France Pyrenees 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 Location Next Location

Germany Offenburg 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 Location Next Location

Food 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... 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... 998: Red Oaks Boarding School Ruth Jackson I 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... Previous Experience Next Experience

The memories were edited from lengthy oral history interviews conducted by the AJR Refugee Voices Testimony Archive between 2003-2024. An interviewee would answer questions about their past posed by an oral historian or trained interviewer. These interviews were filmed. Later, the filmed recordings were transcribed... About The memories were edited from lengthy oral history interviews conducted by the AJR Refugee Voices Testimony Archive between 2003-2024. An interviewee would answer questions about their past posed by an oral historian or trained interviewer. These interviews were filmed. Later, the filmed recordings were transcribed. To learn more about this process and the people involved, and find out how to watch the interviews, read more here . For social media, extraordinary moments from the transcripts were selected and edited to be shared alongside family photos and interview portraits. The editing usually involved shortening texts to remove repetitions, turning questions and answers into single narratives, and bringing together references to the same event from different parts of the interview. This site represents the afterlife of the social media project. It preserves and safeguards the edited memories by storing them away from social media platforms in a new home. This work has been done by Zeptobox , a design practise that creates digital archives and resources for unique projects and people. With great thanks to the interviewees for sharing their words. Original social media: Text editor, post creation and curation: Susanna Kleeman Historical advisor: Dr Bea Lewkowicz OBE For AJR Refugee Voices Testimony Archive: Director: Dr Bea Lewkowicz OBE Main Interviewers: Dr Bea Lewkowicz, Dr Anthony Grenville, Dr Rosalyn Livshin, Dr Jana Buresova Transcription: Jayne Reich, Business Friend Archival researcher and database manager : Kristin Baumgartner For 1000 Memories site: Archive creation & design: Susanna Kleeman / Zeptobox

Slovakia Nitra Memories 985: Black Heart Outside The Flat Miriam Freedman It's difficult. Children feel very protected. Everything goes well. Then all of a sudden you see terrible things, like people disappearing... 999: The Caretaker & His Daughter Miriam Freedman At night time, the caretaker used to bring us food. We sat there, never able to talk, no toys or books or anything. Things becoming all the time worse... Previous Location Next Location

Never Finding Out 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... 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... 1000: Idzia Mala Tribich MBE Rumours started circulating that there's going to be a deportation. So people were in panic, trying to find ways of saving themselves... Previous Experience Next Experience