Gerda Fulton – Biography

Biography by Gerda’s son: Ian Fulton. Gerda was born in Beuthen, Upper Silesia, Germany, the eldest of three siblings, to Sally & Meta Grunewald. In January 1939, as a consequence of the Nazi persecution of the Jews during the Third Reich era, she was forced to flee the Country arriving in the UK. Her two … Read more

Gerda Fulton – Reflections about the former Glasgow Refugee Centre

Credit’. Extract from BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour on 26.08.1988. For people escaping the horrors of Nazism in Europe, those who fled their homes and settled here, will be reunited to pay tribute to the city which provided such a warm welcome.   The site of the former centre is now occupied by the city’s Dental … Read more

Dany Metztein – Podcast

Dany Metzstein (Danielle Kahn) was born in Montpellier, France in 1942. Her parents were in hiding and her father was involved with the Maquis. They survived the war in France, but then Dany had to stay in an orphanage and a boarding school. She came to live in Motherwell, Scotland, and enjoyed being a teenager … Read more

Dany Metzstein – Interview

Int       All right. Okay, let’s go. So good afternoon, Dany lovely to see you  Today is the 16th of June 2023. And I’m here to interview you which is very nice of you. So normally how we start, Dany is to ask you an embarrassing question is when you were born, and what your name … Read more

Erna Grace – Podcast

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Erna Grace – Reflection

ERNA I think when I had my children.   Children are my life still.  My daughter looks after me so much   I am very lucky.  Some children don’t even want to look after their parents. INTERVIEWER And it’s wonderful also for you that Suzanne is in the same town as well. ERNA Yes, yes.  Oh, she … Read more