This small section explains how Isi Metzstein’s mother was able to support him by working as a cook Read the Transcript INT: So how were you able to support yourself? IM: I wasn’t. I stayed at home with my mother INT: Right and she found work in Scotland? IM: Oh yes INT: When she came … Read more
In this short section Isi Metzstein discusses how far he felt that he was (and was treated as) a foreigner when he lived in Britain during the war Read the Transcript INT: And did you feel foreign at that time? Because the war was going on, was it uncomfortable to be German? IM: Actually not … Read more
This section deals with Isis Metzstein’s arrival in Scotland in 1939 and recounts where he was cared for and where ie went to school. It also describes how other members of his family managed to come to Britain. Read the Transcript INT: When did you arrive in Scotland? IM: The 28th of June 1939 INT: … Read more
Isi Metzstein recounts how he experienced the Kristallnacht attack as a schoolboy in Berlin in 1938 Read the Transcript INT: Sunday the 13th of June and we’re here in the West End of Glasgow to interview Professor Isi Metzstein. Is it all right if I call you Isi? IM: Absolutely INT: Thanks IM: So, can … Read more
INT: You mentioned that when you came over… when you left your home to come over at the beginning and you waved goodbye to your parents- Do you sort of reflect on that? How different things could have been had they not come over? Do you feel… IW: Oh yes INT: Very fortunate? IW: I … Read more
INT: So you were working during the war? IW: I was INT: You were more than a seamstress really; you were cutting patterns IW: Yes INT: You were learning to IW: No that was, that was for myself. No I was only a seamstress in the shop learning to do alterations to make things smaller … Read more
INT: Alright. IW: ’41 yes INT: So you came to West Kilbride IW: West Kilbride INT: And you all lived there? IW: Yes well my parents had a job in one house and I was in another house and I was very kindly treated by a Mrs. Wright in a small place, not West Kilbride … Read more
INT: So when you arrived in England IW: In Liverpool INT: In Liverpool. You were met IW: By a Mr. Overton who was also from the group of Christadelphians who had arranged to bring people/children over; boys and girls. And there were quite a few in Ashby-de-la-Zouch but I only met one couple because I, … Read more
INT: Ok. So I spoke to you just before we turned the tape on and I was going to say when did you first come to Scotland? But you told me that you came to England first IW: That’s right INT: So how old were you when you came over? IW: I was exactly, I … Read more
INT: This is an interview with Mrs. Ingrid Wuga on Sunday the 29th of August 2010. So can you tell us when and where you were born? IW: I was born in Dortmund, Westphalia. The date of my birth is the 24th of June 1924 INT: And what was your name at birth? IW: Ingrid … Read more