Bob was born in Germany into a Polish Jewish family. They moved to France and then Italy after Hitler came to power in 1933. There, Bob helped his brother spy for France. His brother was caught but not Bob. He escaped as a tourist to England where he joined the army and became an interrogator… Continue Reading Bob Kutner
Alice Malcolm was born in Vienna. She witnessed the rise of the Nazis in Austria as early as 1936, when her mother left her to go to England. She escaped to England and served as a kitchen maid and general help in a grand country house. She ended up in Scotland and became a nurse.… Continue Reading Alice Malcolm
Translation from Germany to English below: A Child from Berlin Flies to New York Yesterday morning at 11.50, the American plane “Flagship Amsterdam” took off from Tempelhof on its first flight back to New York. Among the passengers was the well-known American journalist Louis P Lochner. This time he is bringing not only the most… Continue Reading Evelyn Strang – Newspaper Article
Evelyn was born in Leipzig in 1933. Evelyn and her mother were deported to Poland in 1938 but managed to escape to Britain as her father had set up a factory. Her Polish grandparents did not survive. The other grandparents lived in Berlin throughout the war. Her father set up a furrier’s business in Glasgow.… Continue Reading Evelyn Strang – Podcast
INT: We usually finish by asking what you would say were the high points and the low points in your life. Would you like to finish off by telling us that? JM: The high points of my life…. I got the MBE, which is something. INT: For your war work? JM: Not for my war… Continue Reading John Mackay – Reflection on life
INT: We usually finish by asking what you would say were the high points and the low points in your life. Would you like to finish off by telling us that? JM: The high points of my life…. I got the MBE, which is something. INT: For your war work? JM: Not for my war… Continue Reading John Mackay – After the war
So that was 1939 and it was 1946 before I actually took my uniform off. So, I joined the London Scottish and ended up that night on the Surrey Commercial Docks where we guarded the docks and moved around and round – West India Docks, Surrey Commercial Docks, and several other docks – I just… Continue Reading John Mackay – During the war
INT: Today is the second of July 2015 and I’m here in Broughty Ferry to speak to John MacKay. INT: So, John, can I begin by asking when you were born and where? JM: Not in Broughty Ferry. My name is John Stewart MacKay, and I was born in Glasgow in Shawlands in Peveril Avenue… Continue Reading John Mackay – Before the war