Judith concludes by describing the high point in her life – her husband Harold’s love and loyalty to her and her love for him. INT: Just one last question Judith. If you look, looking back on your life what would you say was the high point of your life? JR: The high point of my … Read more
Judith tells the interviewers that life improved for her and Harold. Her mother remained in Hungary and Harold helped support her there. INT: And did your mother stay in Hungary then for the rest of her life? JR: She stayed in Hungary for…But then things quickly became better. Harold had a better job and I … Read more
Judith describes her arrival in Glasgow and the challenges of integration. She then talks about returning to Hungary, where she was finally reunited with her mother. INT: And then you came to Glasgow after the war. JR: After the war, after April the 14th, the 15th, we were on our way home to Glasgow. I … Read more
Judith describes life in Hungary between 1940 and 1944 as increasing anti-Semitism made life much more difficult for Jewish people. She then talks about what happened to her family after the Nazis took over Hungary. She describes their horrifying journey to Auschwitz and her time there. Being young enough to work, she is selected to … Read more
Judith describes her joyful early years in Hungary and then her growing awareness that life was changing in a frightening way. INT: Today is the 5th of May 2013 and we’re here to interview Judith Rosenberg. Judith, can I start by asking you where you were born, when you were born and what was your … Read more
INT: Can I ask you a little about your experience as a refugee? When you came up to Glasgow did you mix with other people who had escaped Germany? BSS: Yes INT: Or even before that did you…? JSS: You mean when I first came up? INT: Well you were only here for 6 weeks … Read more
JSS: When I got to Birmingham University, as I said, the first years had to be shared but I got lectures from a brilliant lecturer, a not very pleasant man, but a brilliant lecturer in genetics. And I decided when he asked me to go into the first year in genetics which would be the … Read more
INT: Good. When did you arrive here in Scotland and how old were you when you came? JSS: Well, first of all I did not arrive initially in Scotland but in England on the Kindertransport. I had been working for quite some time in agriculture as a farm labourer or farm pupil, whatever you like. … Read more
JSS: I ran away from that farm, I didn’t tell you this before. INT: Ah so you came over to stay with the…? BSS: Peskins JSS: Peskins INT: The Peskins… JSS: Until about May INT: So only for a very, very short time. JSS: A very short time. INT: And then what happened? JSS: I … Read more
John Herbert Subak-Sharpe (1924- ) was Professor of Virology and Honorary Director of the Medical Research Council Virology Unit from 1968 to 1994. Born in Vienna, Subak-Sharp was brought to Britain by the Kindertransport mission in 1939 and was a farm pupil from 1939 to 1944, before serving in the Parachute Regiment. He graduated with … Read more