Dorrith was born in Kassel, Germany. She witnessed Kristallnacht, when her own home was vandalised, so her parents decided she should go to Britain on the Kindertransport. She describes how she taught herself English by saying everything was “in my pocket” and wrote a children’s book with that name on the experience of being a… Continue Reading Dorrith M. Sim
Read the Transcript D.S: It was fifty years after the start of the war so it must have been 1989. That would be the reunion in London. And then I think our one was the next year, it would be ’90. INT: Did you feel that you had more in common with people who’d come… Continue Reading Dorrith M. Sim – Reflection On Life
Read the Transcript INT: And he was training to be a lawyer at the time? D.S: That’s right. That was my first job and I was there until I went to Brazil. INT: And by that time were you engaged? D.S: I was engaged just about three or four weeks before I went to Brazil.… Continue Reading Dorrith M. Sim – Integration
Read the Transcript D.S: I was seven and a half. INT: But you can’t really remember any of it? D.S: Oh I can remember bits of it but not very much. INT: Going back to what happened once you were here, during the wartime you must have just been at school, were you? D.S: Well… Continue Reading Dorrith M. Sim – Settling In
Read the Transcript. D.S: I arrived in England on the 26th of July 1939. My parents had managed to get guardians for me and they met me at Liverpool Street Station. And there, you know, my guardian’s brother came too, because he spoke German and we went in the car. I think we must have… Continue Reading Dorrith M. Sim – Immigration
Read the Transcript D.S: Well, what happened was I actually left school when I was fifteen for which I was very sorry. I could never pass an English exam. And at that time, you know if you were doing your Highers you had to pass English or else you could just forget it. So I… Continue Reading Dorrith M. Sim – Life During The War
Dorrit describes the events surrounding Kristallnacht and the Kindertransport. Read the Transcript. INT: Good afternoon Dorrith. It’s the 26th of September 2010 and I’m here to talk to Dorrith Sim. Dorrith, could you begin by telling us when and where you were born and what was your name at birth? D.S: I was born in… Continue Reading Dorrith M. Sim – Life Before The War