INT: I’m asking about your social life when you were in London? LL: Yes, it was very pleasant. INT: Mainly Jewish? Or non-Jewish? LL: Mostly Jewish, there was the odd non-Jewish one. I wasn’t selective but it happened to be. INT: So what kind of things did you do? LL: We mainly went to each… Continue Reading Lore Lucas – Integration
INT: Alright and when you arrived in Scotland, when did you come to Scotland? LL: I came INT: What age were you? LL: 26 INT: 26 years old? LL: Yes INT: Yes. How did you get to Scotland and why did you come here? LL: I was in London and I got married in Scotland… Continue Reading Lore Lucas – Settling In
INT2: Can I just ask, when did you actually come? What year did you come? LL: ‘38 INT2: So did you come under the Kindertransport? LL: No, it’s ’36! INT2: ’36 you came? LL: ’36. I came later on again INT2: Right INT: So, in Leamington Spa where did you stay and who with? LL:… Continue Reading Lore Lucas – Life During The War
INT: The date is Sunday the 29th of August 2010 and this is an interview with Mrs. Lore Lucas in Glasgow. Mrs. Lucas can you tell us when and where were you were born? LL: In Germany, in Krefeld; K-R-E-F-E-L-D INT: And was, what was your name at birth? LL: Lindenbaum INT: Ah right, this… Continue Reading Lore Lucas – Life Before The War
INT: If you look back now on your time in Scotland, what would you say are the high points in your life? LM: Well one of the highest points, definitely, about 30 odd years ago I used to go dancing, not dancing, I was no dancer, I liked traditional jazz and there was only one… Continue Reading Leo Metzstein – Reflection On Life
INT: And how was it that you then left? What happened after the four and a half years? LM: Ah what happened was they needed the house for some reason for WAAC’s, or RAAC’S or one of the women’s naval organisations and they found another place in Castle Douglas, Ernespie house, which was an old… Continue Reading Leo Metzstein – Settling In
INT: And how did you come? Was it a train and boat or…? LM: Well yes it was a very strange arrangement. I’d never been out of the street you might say and suddenly we’re told, I remember this my mother said “C’mon, we’re going” and I had a wee parcel or something and my… Continue Reading Leo Metzstein – Life During The War
INT: Today is the 26th of July 2013 and we’re here to interview Leo Metzstein. Leo, can I begin by asking you when you were born? Where were you born? And were you always called Leo Metzstein? LM: Yes I was born on the 27th of July 1932 in Berlin and I was always named… Continue Reading Leo Metzstein – Life Before The War
KH: Hungary is a horribly anti-Semitic country, always has been, still is today. INT: Yeah. KH: And today it’s getting worse and worse. INT: And your second cousin carried on living in Hungary? KH: Oh yes, I have four second cousins in Hungary. INT: Oh right. KH: My granny’s sister had two daughters as well. INT: Yeah. KH: And one of them had a… Continue Reading Kathy Hagler – Reflection On Life
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
