Walter describes studying agriculture in Ayr and the challenges of his time working on a farm. He explains what happened when he got into a fight there. W.G: I was doing a year’s practical farming which was compulsory in order to get study at the West of Scotland Agriculture and get a degree in agriculture… Continue Reading Walter Gumprich – Life After The War
Once in Glasgow, Walter goes to school, his mother finds work, though his father is interned on the Isle of Man. INT: Why Glasgow? WG: My father was interned in the Isle of Man right away so it was just my mother and sister and myself that were at liberty so to speak and Glasgow… Continue Reading Walter Gumprich – Life During The War part 1
With the help of a Catholic priest, the family escape from Germany. W.G: My father was released and came home and so then we immediately made an effort to get out of Germany, and to get out of Germany it was not feasible to use public transportation because it was too dangerous and with two… Continue Reading Walter Gumprich – Immigration
Walter speaks about his birth in 1933 and his family. He describes how his Mother missed out on being an Olympian because she was Jewish. INT: The date is the sixth of June 2014 we are talking to -WG: Walter Gumprich INT: And when were you born?WG: The 1st of March 1933 INT: And where… Continue Reading Walter Gumprich – Life Before The War
SU: Of my academic career? INT: And your life in general. SU: Well I think my early life taught me values, it taught me how to appreciate things. I take nothing for granted, I don’t waste resources, I recycle everything and, you know, I appreciate everything that comes my way. It has made me positive,… Continue Reading Suzanne Ullman – Reflection On Life
SU: Well I went to this proper school in Welwyn Garden City and did two years there, managed to get advanced German and Biology, I think. I had to do Maths, you know, from scratch and Chemistry and eventually I got into University College, London. They did a course called Intermediate so you could make… Continue Reading Suzanne Ullman – Settling In
INT: Do the boys have much of a memory of….I was going to say SU: No, the boys don’t remember as much as I do. INT: And would they have remembered their parents because they were only 2? SU: No they were only 2, they didn’t remember the parents. I hardly remember my father, I… Continue Reading Suzanne Ullman – Immigration
SU : Well you see what we had in Hungary was an Arrow Cross, special sort of branch of the gendarmerie, they were Nazis but the regime was under István Horthy who was in charge of the land. I remember distinctly when the Germans came into Budapest because what happened was the Germans occupied the… Continue Reading Suzanne Ullman – Life During The War
INT: Good morning Suzanne, today is the 31st may 2013 and we are here to interview Suzanne Ullmann, and generally what we do is we ask what your name is at birth and where you where born. SU : I was born in Budapest in 1935, 8th of December and my name….Hungarian name is Ullmann… Continue Reading Suzanne Ullman – Life Before The War
This section is written and read by Howard Singerman, Susan’s son. He explains, as Susan was unable to do in her final months, how she contributed so much to the continuing struggle against racism. Howard Singerman: When my mother, Susan Singerman, was interviewed for the Gathering the Voices Project in August, 2010, she was seriously… Continue Reading Susan Singerman – Reflection On Life