INT: So where did you land? You came to London. Did you go to somebody’s house? R.F: Yes because at the time my brother was, his family were staying in London so I was first stopped in London. But I had to start my job as a domestic help. INT: Whereabouts? R.F: In London? Swiss… Continue Reading Ruth Fraser – Immigration
INT: So when did you leave Germany? Tell us about that. R.F: I left Germany end of 1938 together with a very good friend. INT: And he had connections in Switzerland, that’s why you went there. Is that right? R.F: Yes, connections. INT: Family? INT: What age were you then? R.F: Twenty-three. INT: And how… Continue Reading Ruth Fraser – Life During The War
Ruth was born in Leipzig on the 6th November 1915. Her maiden name was Frischer and her parents had a Kosher butcher shop. INT: Today is the 26th of March. INT: OK. Number one: life before the war. Can you tell us about your early life? For example what did you parents do? And how… Continue Reading Ruth Fraser – Life Before The War
INT: So one of the questions, which we always finish with is highlights. When you look back and reflect back on your life, what would you say are the major highlights? RS: There are so many actually. I don’t think I could say there is one particular thing that influenced me. My parents who influenced… Continue Reading Rosa Sacharin – Reflection On Life
RS: Well it was…. it wasn’t my own decision. My sister, who was in Glasgow, actually was working in a nursery school, which was run by the Church of Scotland and she, I think, told one of the ladies about me being in Edinburgh. I had a visit from… she was a minister’s wife, and… Continue Reading Rosa Sacharin – Settling In
INT: And where did you arrive in England? Which port? RS: We arrived in Harwich and were taken by bus when I came off the boat. Actually it was a dreadful journey; we were terribly seasick. Bells rung and nobody came. Really awful, however, we survived it. So when we arrived then, there were reporters… Continue Reading Rosa Sacharin – Immigration
INT: Right. Good morning. This is Friday the 21st of September and I’m here to interview Rosa Sacharin. Rosa would you like to start off by telling me when you were born, where you were born and your name at birth? RS: I was born in Berlin in Germany on the 23rd of March 1925.… Continue Reading Rosa Sacharin – Life Before The War
Rita describes the high points in her life and her connection to her past. INT: And once you were older you said you met Dorrith Sim. After that did you meet other people who came on the Kindertransport? What happened with that? RM: Yes I used to go to meetings, Kindertransport meetings, which was nice… Continue Reading Rita McNeill – Reflection On Life
Rita explains why she got a job in a bank despite her lack of knowledge of Scottish banking. She describes how she first met her dear husband through a Christian Youth Centre and their very romantic first encounter. She also explains how she finally discovered her mother’s fate. INT: So tell me about your education.… Continue Reading Rita McNeill – Integration
Rita describes her new life in Rutherglen, Scotland. She talks about the difficulties and challenges she faced and the impossibility of remaining Jewish in this new environment. INT: And whereabouts in Scotland was that? [Where were you taken?] RM: Rutherglen. INT: Ah, and that’s why you ended up here? RM: That’s it. But I couldn’t… Continue Reading Rita McNeill – Settling In
