Dorrith talks about the importance of the reunions for her and her happy memories of life in Scotland. Read the Transcript INT: So, we were thinking about the dates. When do you reckon that the reunion of Kinder was? D.S: It was fifty years after the start of the war so it must have been … Read more
Dorrit describes starting work and meeting her future husband. She goes on to tell about us about living in Dundee and having her family. She shares how other members of her family settled in America and Canada. Finally we learn about how she came to write her book “In My Pocket” and about her involvement … Read more
Dorrith describes her experiences as an evacuee in Innerleithen and how she learned English. Read the Transcript INT: You must have been eight when you came to Scotland. D.S: I was seven and a half. INT: But you can’t really remember any of it? D.S: Oh I can remember bits of it but not very … Read more
Dorrith describes coming to Scotland in 1939, settling in with a family in Edinburgh and being an evacuee in Innerleithen near Peebles. Read the Transcript. INT: And you came to Scotland when? D.S: I arrived in England on the 26th of July 1939. My parents had managed to get guardians for me and they met … Read more
Dorrith describes leaving school and her early working life. She explains what happened to other members of her family. Read the Transcript INT: During the war, you would still be at school and after the war ended what happened? D.S: Well, what happened was I actually left school when I was fifteen for which I … Read more
Dorrit describes the events surrounding Kristallnacht and the Kindertransport. Read the Transcript. INT: Good afternoon Dorrith. It’s the 26th of September 2010 and I’m here to talk to Dorrith Sim. Dorrith, could you begin by telling us when and where you were born and what was your name at birth? D.S: I was born in … Read more
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NT: If you look back now on your time here in Scotland what would you say were the high points of your life here? DB: That’s very difficult to say. INT: Your family I assume? DB: Yes I think…I don’t think I can really say. INT: Right. DB: I mean I suppose it was my time as a social worker I … Read more
Dorothea travelled with her husband who worked for the British Council. She lived for a time in Otto Hahn’s house (he received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1944) INT: And he was still working with the British Council? DB: He was still with the British Council. He had a very good job, he was Director of … Read more
Dorothea arrived in Britain as a young bride. She moved in with her parents in law in Glasgow. INT: And were you excited to be going to Britain? DB: Well yes I was glad. INT: Or were you worried about it? DB: Well sure I was worried because I didn’t have a clue what was going on and Donald … Read more