Testimonials
Karola Regent – School Naming
A school with a Jewish namesake who survived the Holocaust has a high educational, social and ethical obligation to keep the memory of the namesake alive and to cultivate it. For several years now, our school has been attended by Protestant and Catholic children alike, in some cases by children of Islamic or other faith… Continue Reading Karola Regent – School Naming
The Memory of Belsen
During the war, Jack was a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and was haunted by his experience of helping to liberate Belsen Concentration Camp in March 1945. It took him 19 years to be able to express some of his pain in committing his thoughts to paper. The pain of these memories remained with him… Continue Reading The Memory of Belsen
Henry Wuga – June 1940 The Fun And Normal Life Come To An Abrupt End
The refugee committee informed me that I need to go to the high court in Edinburgh. A lawyer from the committee accompanied me to the high court but he was not allowed into the hearing. At the High court in Edinburgh I was convicted of “Corresponding with the Enemy” a very serious offence during wartime.… Continue Reading Henry Wuga – June 1940 The Fun And Normal Life Come To An Abrupt End
Henry Wuga – Personal Diary
My first 23 months in the United Kingdom May 1939 to April 1941 An incredible experience for a German Jewish Refugee Boy aged 15 to 17 years May 1939 Arrived by Kindertransport train at Liverpool Street Station London Next day by Royal Scott train from Euston to Glasgow Welcomed by Mrs. E. Hurwich, my Guarantor… Continue Reading Henry Wuga – Personal Diary
Fred Weiss – His Story
FRIEDRICH (Fridyes in Hungarian) LOTHAR WEISS, better known as Fred Weiss, was born in Miskolc in Hungary on May 23rd 1921. He lived most of his adult life in Glasgow, Scotland and epitomised the ideal of how a poor young refugee could make good by hard work and strong will. His mother, Irma Eisner, was… Continue Reading Fred Weiss – His Story
Esperance David – Reflection
INT: Did you like Scotland? ED: Yes, I think so. They were more open, you know. I worked in a school in Scotland, in East Kilbride. That came after, really, Sandhurst wasn’t it? And they were very, very nice, you know. The headmaster was nice, a retired army officer, sergeant major, so the school was… Continue Reading Esperance David – Reflection
Esperance David – Integration
INT: Did you find it easy to integrate into Scottish society, or did you feel different? ED: Jewish society or anything? INT: Jewish and the wider society. ED: Well, the wider society, I went back to work when we had another… INT2: You had a son in between all that. ED: A son in between,… Continue Reading Esperance David – Integration
Esperance David – In Scotland
INT: Yeah, and he got a job in Scotland in what year? ED: Well David was still doing his apprenticeship but to have an Honours degree wasn’t enough to be a chartered engineer, so there was a big concern, an electrical factory, the Brush [Electrical Engineering Company], so he was doing it there, and I… Continue Reading Esperance David – In Scotland