In this section Bob describes his childhood. He was born in Germany into a Polish-Jewish family. The family moved to France and then to Italy when Hitler came to power in 1933. INT2: When were you born and what was your name when you were born? BK: My name was Norbert Kutner, and I was… Continue Reading Bob Kutner – Life Before The War
INT: Alice Malcolm, in her house in Giffnock on Tuesday the 11th of March and you’re going to tell me your name, your age… AM: 2014. INT: 2014. You’re going to tell me your name and your age and then we are going to, basically, talk about your life story. So go for it. AM:… Continue Reading Alice Malcolm – Life Before the War
Marion tells of the importance of remembering her roots and her Polish family, but she feels that her Scottish children and grandchildren have given her enormous joy. This section of the interview was carried out in February 2014. INT: Right, so one of the things we always do on reflection is ask about the nice… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Reflection On Life
Read the Transcript M: Oh well , well those were quite different days, I stayed when I finished school I was accepted for university to do Medicine because my Highers were pretty good. INT: Absolutely. M: I stayed in the Women’s Hostel which was number one Lilybank Terrace. INT: Right. M: Laurel Bank was number… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Integration
At the end of the war Marion’s mother went back to Poland and Marion eventually came to Scotland. M: My aunt came to London to meet the transport of children that Doctor Schonfeld brought from Poland. INT: So sorry can you go back a wee bit and say who was Doctor Schonfeld? M: Well Rabbi… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Immigration
Marion describes her new life in Glasgow after the end of the war. She learned English and attended Laurel Bank School INT: And they [the school] gave you special support did they at the time? MC: And they were very kind and very good so that after three years at school, well I arrived in… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Settling In
Marion’s family fled from the German army when it attacked western Poland in September 1939. They reached the Russian Zone in eastern Poland but were sent to Siberia as suspected enemy aliens. When war between the Soviet Union and Germany began in the summer of 1941 the family were allowed to leave their Siberian camp… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Life During The War
Marion’s story begins in Poland in 1932 when she was born into a wealthy family in Krakow. As a child during the Second World War she fled the fighting by travelling into Soviet Russia and eventually to Siberia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In 1946 she joined her aunt in Glasgow where she completed her school education,… Continue Reading Marion Camrass – Life Before The War
