Gathering the Voices has made a video telling the story of German refugee Martin Anson journey to finding a new home in Scotland, with Education Scotland agreeing to promote the video to Scottish schools. Continue Reading Video of refugee’s life story made available to schools
Gathering the Voices has made a video telling the story of German refugee Martin Anson journey to finding a new home in Scotland, with Education Scotland agreeing to promote the video to Scottish schools. Continue Reading Video of refugee’s life story made available to schools
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
INT: So you must, you were in Britain… INT: They were in Israel, building the, when did you see them again? ED: 1953. INT: So, you studied? ED: I finished my study, then I was teaching. INT: Oh you were a teacher? ED: I was teaching. INT: In London? ED: In London, I was teaching… Continue Reading Esperance David – Life for Esperance in England
Bob loses his German but becomes proficient in English. BM:Once the war started we were only allowed to write twenty-five words per month through the Red Cross. When war broke out Janet joined the Land Army and Jessie looked after the house. So over the years one can say that Jessie virtually brought us up.… Continue Reading Bob Mackenzie – Life During the War
I was born in the town of Chemnitz in South East Germany. I do not recollect my very early years but in 1933 my father lost his job in Chemnitz and we moved to a small town called Neukirchen, about five miles from Chemnitz. My parents bought a semi-detached house with a large piece of… Continue Reading Bob Mackenzie – Life Before the War
Kathy and her granny were allowed to leave Hungary and decided to emigrate to Israel. Kathy wanted to remain in Hungary to finish her education but that was not possible. In the beginning, aged 16 she worked in a factory, which she hated. She moved to live on a Kibbutz, which she loved from the… Continue Reading Kathy Hagler – Life In Israel
Halina describes how the family managed to leave Warsaw and finally settle in Bialystock where Halina went to school. Read the transcript: INT: Can we take you back. You went back to Poland, obviously a very dangerous time. What happened after that? HM: Well we got to Poland and we reoccupied our flat and on… Continue Reading Halina Moss – Life During The War
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 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